HLX vs. TDW, OII, RES, NR, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, and GEOS
Should you be buying Helix Energy Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helix Energy Solutions Group include Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Tidewater had 6 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tidewater and 0 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Tidewater's score of 0.91 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tidewater received 15 more outperform votes than Helix Energy Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.23% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote.
Tidewater has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tidewater has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.1% of Tidewater shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tidewater shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned 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.
Tidewater has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Tidewater's net margin of -2.39%. Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity of 16.24% beat Tidewater's return on equity.
Tidewater currently has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.16%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus price target of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.43%. Given Tidewater's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than Tidewater.
Summary
Tidewater beats Helix Energy Solutions Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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