WFRD vs. FTI, WHD, BKR, YPF, RRC, MUSA, SWN, HESM, MTDR, and AR
Should you be buying Weatherford International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weatherford International include TechnipFMC (FTI), Cactus (WHD), Baker Hughes (BKR), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Range Resources (RRC), Murphy USA (MUSA), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) and Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Weatherford International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TechnipFMC. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TechnipFMC received 651 more outperform votes than Weatherford International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.07% of users gave Weatherford International an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Weatherford International has a net margin of 8.61% compared to Weatherford International's net margin of 2.61%. TechnipFMC's return on equity of 52.88% beat Weatherford International's return on equity.
TechnipFMC presently has a consensus price target of $27.21, indicating a potential upside of 2.71%. Weatherford International has a consensus price target of $146.11, indicating a potential upside of 18.02%. Given TechnipFMC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weatherford International has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TechnipFMC had 1 more articles in the media than Weatherford International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TechnipFMC and 9 mentions for Weatherford International. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Weatherford International's score of 0.99 indicating that Weatherford International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Weatherford International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Weatherford International beats TechnipFMC on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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