PFHC vs. LBRT, XPRO, OII, HLX, ACDC, RES, WTTR, PUMP, NESR, and ARIS
Should you be buying ProFrac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProFrac include Liberty Energy (LBRT), Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), 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 ProFrac (NASDAQ:PFHC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Liberty Energy received 329 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 7 more articles in the media than ProFrac. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Liberty Energy and 0 mentions for ProFrac. ProFrac's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Liberty Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Energy currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.28%. Given ProFrac's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Liberty Energy is more favorable than ProFrac.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of ProFrac shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of ProFrac shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 0.00%. ProFrac's return on equity of 26.46% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than ProFrac.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats ProFrac on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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