RCON vs. QES, USWS, SLB, HAL, LBRT, XPRO, OII, HLX, ACDC, and RES
Should you be buying Recon Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Recon Technology include Quintana Energy Services (QES), U.S. Well Services (USWS), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), and RPC (RES). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Recon Technology (NASDAQ:RCON) and Quintana Energy Services (NYSE:QES) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
9.5% of Recon Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of Quintana Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of Recon Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.4% of Quintana Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Recon Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Quintana Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Recon Technology and 0 mentions for Quintana Energy Services. Recon Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Quintana Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Recon Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Recon Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quintana Energy Services.
Recon Technology has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quintana Energy Services has a beta of 2.72, meaning that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Recon Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Quintana Energy Services' net margin of -20.05%. Recon Technology's return on equity of 0.00% beat Quintana Energy Services' return on equity.
Quintana Energy Services received 59 more outperform votes than Recon Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave Quintana Energy Services an outperform vote while only 40.55% of users gave Recon Technology an outperform vote.
Summary
Recon Technology beats Quintana Energy Services on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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