Hunting (HTG) Competitors

Hunting (LON:HTG) and Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Is HTG or GMS more profitable?

Gulf Marine Services has a net margin of 25.33% compared to Hunting's net margin of 13.47%. Hunting's return on equity of 13.25% beat Gulf Marine Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hunting	13.47%	13.25%	4.21%
Gulf Marine Services	25.33%	11.84%	5.32%

Which has better earnings & valuation, HTG or GMS?

Hunting has higher revenue and earnings than Gulf Marine Services. Hunting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Marine Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hunting	£1.15B	0.53	£154.42M	£59.99	4.96
Gulf Marine Services	£190.25M	1.43	£48.19M	£2.86	7.09

Is HTG or GMS a better dividend stock?

Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Hunting pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gulf Marine Services pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk & volatility, HTG or GMS?

Hunting has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Marine Services has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HTG or GMS?

63.2% of Hunting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Hunting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.6% of Gulf Marine Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HTG or GMS?

Hunting presently has a consensus target price of GBX 555, suggesting a potential upside of 86.55%. Given Hunting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hunting is more favorable than Gulf Marine Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hunting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gulf Marine Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor HTG or GMS?

In the previous week, Hunting had 1 more articles in the media than Gulf Marine Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hunting and 0 mentions for Gulf Marine Services. Hunting's average media sentiment score of 0.75 equaled Gulf Marine Services'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hunting	Positive
Gulf Marine Services	Positive

Summary

Hunting beats Gulf Marine Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.