NR vs. DRQ, OIS, FET, SOI, DTI, SOC, REPX, EGY, MNTK, and BRY
Should you be buying Newpark Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newpark Resources include Dril-Quip (DRQ), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Sable Offshore (SOC), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), and Berry (BRY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Dril-Quip (NYSE:DRQ) and Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Dril-Quip had 2 more articles in the media than Newpark Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dril-Quip and 3 mentions for Newpark Resources. Dril-Quip's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Newpark Resources' score of 0.01 indicating that Newpark Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.8% of Newpark Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Dril-Quip shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Newpark Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dril-Quip received 7 more outperform votes than Newpark Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Newpark Resources an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Dril-Quip an outperform vote.
Newpark Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Dril-Quip. Dril-Quip is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newpark Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Newpark Resources has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Newpark Resources' net margin of -4.89%. Dril-Quip's return on equity of 6.67% beat Newpark Resources' return on equity.
Dril-Quip has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newpark Resources has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dril-Quip presently has a consensus price target of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 58.44%. Newpark Resources has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.17%. Given Newpark Resources' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dril-Quip is more favorable than Newpark Resources.
Summary
Newpark Resources beats Dril-Quip on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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