XPRO vs. LBRT, OII, HLX, ACDC, RES, PFHC, WTTR, PUMP, NESR, and ARIS
Should you be buying Expro Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expro Group include Liberty Energy (LBRT), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), ProFrac (PFHC), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), and Aris Water Solutions (ARIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of -1.26%. Expro Group's return on equity of 26.46% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Expro Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Expro Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Energy received 332 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.43% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 29.17% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Expro Group. Expro Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Energy presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. Expro Group has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.01%. Given Liberty Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Expro Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Liberty Energy and 1 mentions for Expro Group. Expro Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Liberty Energy's score of 1.29 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Expro Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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