DWSN vs. IO, FET, GEOS, GIFI, SLB, HAL, FTI, NOV, TDW, and OII
Should you be buying Dawson Geophysical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dawson Geophysical include ION Geophysical (IO), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), and Oceaneering International (OII). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) and ION Geophysical (NYSE:IO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
ION Geophysical received 19 more outperform votes than Dawson Geophysical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote while only 42.16% of users gave ION Geophysical an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dawson Geophysical had 3 more articles in the media than ION Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Dawson Geophysical and 1 mentions for ION Geophysical. Dawson Geophysical's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ION Geophysical's score of 0.51 indicating that Dawson Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ION Geophysical has a beta of 3.38, suggesting that its stock price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500.
7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of ION Geophysical shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of ION Geophysical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dawson Geophysical has a net margin of -5.95% compared to ION Geophysical's net margin of -42.05%. ION Geophysical's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.
Dawson Geophysical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ION Geophysical. Dawson Geophysical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ION Geophysical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dawson Geophysical and ION Geophysical tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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