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Dawson Geophysical (DWSN) Competitors

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$1.41 +0.04 (+2.92%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

DWSN vs. FET, GEOS, GIFI, SLB, HAL, FTI, NOV, OII, TDW, and HLX

Should you be buying Dawson Geophysical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dawson Geophysical include Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Tidewater (TDW), and Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Dawson Geophysical vs.

Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) and Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, Forum Energy Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Dawson Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Forum Energy Technologies and 0 mentions for Dawson Geophysical. Forum Energy Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Dawson Geophysical's score of 0.00 indicating that Forum Energy Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Dawson Geophysical Neutral
Forum Energy Technologies Very Positive

Forum Energy Technologies received 245 more outperform votes than Dawson Geophysical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Forum Energy Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dawson GeophysicalOutperform Votes
188
60.84%
Underperform Votes
121
39.16%
Forum Energy TechnologiesOutperform Votes
433
53.39%
Underperform Votes
378
46.61%

Forum Energy Technologies has a net margin of -6.07% compared to Dawson Geophysical's net margin of -6.55%. Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity of -2.00% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dawson Geophysical-6.55% -21.54% -11.63%
Forum Energy Technologies -6.07%-2.00%-0.92%

7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dawson Geophysical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Forum Energy Technologies. Dawson Geophysical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forum Energy Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dawson Geophysical$82.78M0.53-$12.15M-$0.18-7.83
Forum Energy Technologies$800.61M0.22-$18.88M-$4.23-3.36

Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 2.44, meaning that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Forum Energy Technologies beats Dawson Geophysical on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DWSN vs. The Competition

MetricDawson GeophysicalOil & gas exploration services IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$43.69M$4.92B$8.34B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A8.50%11.74%4.23%
P/E Ratio-7.833.8512.1517.18
Price / Sales0.531.5967.47116.99
Price / CashN/A3.5210.8737.86
Price / Book1.381.253.364.78
Net Income-$12.15M$471.31M$955.68M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.25%-4.55%-3.45%-1.23%
1 Month Performance1.44%-3.05%-5.59%3.36%
1 Year Performance-22.10%-9.84%1.57%16.60%

Dawson Geophysical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
N/A$1.41
+2.9%
N/A-18.0%$43.69M$82.78M-7.83190Gap Up
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
1.1201 of 5 stars
$14.93
+0.6%
N/A-37.3%$183.40M$800.61M-3.511,600
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.7102 of 5 stars
$10.45
+4.1%
N/A-22.1%$132.81M$135.60M-18.59650Positive News
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.7973 of 5 stars
$7.36
+4.2%
N/A+62.2%$120.36M$166.33M6.72960
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9712 of 5 stars
$40.38
+0.4%
$60.91
+50.8%
-29.9%$57.02B$33.14B12.93111,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.7088 of 5 stars
$27.99
-2.4%
$40.58
+45.0%
-28.8%$24.59B$23.07B9.9948,000Analyst Forecast
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.2209 of 5 stars
$30.74
-0.8%
$34.69
+12.9%
+43.1%$13.08B$8.79B20.3925,027Analyst Forecast
NOV
NOV
4.9299 of 5 stars
$14.97
flat
$20.64
+37.9%
-30.6%$5.82B$8.58B5.5233,676Analyst Forecast
OII
Oceaneering International
3.4952 of 5 stars
$25.33
-2.1%
$28.00
+10.5%
+15.7%$2.56B$2.42B19.3510,100Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
TDW
Tidewater
4.7789 of 5 stars
$47.03
-1.3%
$95.80
+103.7%
-28.3%$2.46B$1.30B13.897,300
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.6655 of 5 stars
$9.17
-0.8%
$14.50
+58.1%
-14.2%$1.39B$1.34B231.002,531News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:DWSN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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