FTI vs. HAL, NOV, TDW, OII, HLX, RES, NR, DRQ, TTI, and OIS
Should you be buying TechnipFMC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TechnipFMC include Halliburton (HAL), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and Oil States International (OIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Halliburton has higher revenue and earnings than TechnipFMC. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Halliburton received 1218 more outperform votes than TechnipFMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Halliburton presently has a consensus price target of $49.06, indicating a potential upside of 43.79%. TechnipFMC has a consensus price target of $27.21, indicating a potential upside of 10.19%. Given TechnipFMC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
Halliburton has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TechnipFMC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Halliburton has a net margin of 11.20% compared to Halliburton's net margin of 2.61%. TechnipFMC's return on equity of 30.84% beat Halliburton's return on equity.
Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Halliburton pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TechnipFMC pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Halliburton has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Halliburton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 3 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Halliburton and 8 mentions for TechnipFMC. Halliburton's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat TechnipFMC's score of 0.92 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Halliburton beats TechnipFMC on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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