OII vs. NOV, TDW, HLX, RES, NR, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, and FET
Should you be buying Oceaneering International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oceaneering International include NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), and Forum Energy Technologies (FET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oceaneering International currently has a consensus price target of $28.67, indicating a potential upside of 37.42%. NOV has a consensus price target of $24.07, indicating a potential upside of 38.98%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NOV is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
NOV has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 4.36%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 14.82% beat NOV's return on equity.
93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NOV received 557 more outperform votes than Oceaneering International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Oceaneering International had 1 more articles in the media than NOV. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oceaneering International and 3 mentions for NOV. NOV's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Oceaneering International's score of 0.70 indicating that NOV is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Oceaneering International. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NOV beats Oceaneering International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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