PRES vs. PFC, CNEL, TAND, POS, ADES, VLS, GTC, NTQ, THAL, and HTG
Should you be buying Pressure Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pressure Technologies include Petrofac (PFC), China New Energy Limited (CNEL.L) (CNEL), Tan Delta Systems (TAND), Plexus (POS), ADES International (ADES), Velocys (VLS), Getech Group (GTC), Enteq Technologies (NTQ), Thalassa (THAL), and Hunting (HTG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Pressure Technologies vs.
Petrofac (LON:PFC) and Pressure Technologies (LON:PRES) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 535.7%. Pressure Technologies pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.5%. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pressure Technologies pays out -593.1% 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.
27.4% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of Pressure Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Pressure Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pressure Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petrofac. Pressure Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrofac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Petrofac received 668 more outperform votes than Pressure Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote while only 69.84% of users gave Pressure Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pressure Technologies' score of -0.03 indicating that Petrofac is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pressure Technologies has a net margin of -1.53% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -21.67%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat Pressure Technologies' return on equity.
Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pressure Technologies has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Petrofac and Pressure Technologies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PRES) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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