NGS vs. RNGR, TUSK, KLXE, CLB, NESR, PUMP, FREY, GTE, OIS, and MTRX
Should you be buying Natural Gas Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Gas Services Group include Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Core Laboratories (CLB), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), ProPetro (PUMP), FREYR Battery (FREY), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Oil States International (OIS), and Matrix Service (MTRX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) and Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Ranger Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Gas Services Group. Ranger Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group had 8 more articles in the media than Ranger Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group and 0 mentions for Ranger Energy Services. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ranger Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Natural Gas Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Natural Gas Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Given Natural Gas Services Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than Ranger Energy Services.
Natural Gas Services Group received 1 more outperform votes than Ranger Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Ranger Energy Services an outperform vote while only 58.28% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote.
Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 7.21% compared to Ranger Energy Services' net margin of 2.73%. Ranger Energy Services' return on equity of 6.18% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats Ranger Energy Services on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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