NR vs. OII, HLX, RES, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, GEOS, and GIFI
Should you be buying Newpark Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newpark Resources include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Oceaneering International received 181 more outperform votes than Newpark Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Newpark Resources an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Newpark Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Newpark Resources and 1 mentions for Oceaneering International. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Newpark Resources' score of 1.10 indicating that Oceaneering International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Newpark Resources has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.44, indicating that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.8% of Newpark Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Newpark Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Newpark Resources. Oceaneering International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newpark Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Newpark Resources presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.72%. Oceaneering International has a consensus price target of $28.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. Given Newpark Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Newpark Resources is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Newpark Resources' net margin of 2.25%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 14.82% beat Newpark Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Newpark Resources and Oceaneering International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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