RES vs. HLX, OII, ACDC, PUMP, NESR, CLB, XPRO, PFHC, LBRT, and WKC
Should you be buying RPC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPC include Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Oceaneering International (OII), ProFrac (ACDC), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Expro Group (XPRO), ProFrac (PFHC), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and World Kinect (WKC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 41 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Helix Energy Solutions Group had 3 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group and 2 mentions for RPC. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's score of 1.43 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RPC has a net margin of 9.95% compared to Helix Energy Solutions Group's net margin of -2.39%. RPC's return on equity of 15.02% beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity.
41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RPC has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus price target of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Given Helix Energy Solutions Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than RPC.
Summary
RPC and Helix Energy Solutions Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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