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Dawson Geophysical (DWSN) Competitors

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$1.44 -0.01 (-0.69%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

DWSN vs. IO, 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 ION Geophysical (IO), 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.

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

Dawson Geophysical has a net margin of -6.55% compared to ION Geophysical's net margin of -42.05%. ION Geophysical's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ION Geophysical-42.05% N/A -17.35%
Dawson Geophysical -6.55%-21.54%-11.63%

ION Geophysical received 19 more outperform votes than Dawson Geophysical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote while only 40.43% of users gave ION Geophysical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ION GeophysicalOutperform Votes
207
40.43%
Underperform Votes
305
59.57%
Dawson GeophysicalOutperform Votes
188
60.84%
Underperform Votes
121
39.16%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ION Geophysical$122.67M0.00-$37.22M-$2.30N/A
Dawson Geophysical$96.85M0.46-$12.15M-$0.18-8.00

In the previous week, Dawson Geophysical had 1 more articles in the media than ION Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Dawson Geophysical and 0 mentions for ION Geophysical. ION Geophysical's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Dawson Geophysical's score of -0.32 indicating that ION Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ION Geophysical Positive
Dawson Geophysical Neutral

ION Geophysical has a beta of 3.38, meaning that its share price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

16.5% of ION Geophysical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of ION Geophysical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical 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.

Summary

ION Geophysical beats Dawson Geophysical on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DWSN vs. The Competition

MetricDawson GeophysicalOil & gas exploration services IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$44.93M$4.74B$8.40B$8.89B
Dividend YieldN/A8.26%11.45%4.06%
P/E Ratio-8.003.6215.2913.30
Price / Sales0.461.69126.3381.01
Price / CashN/A3.6611.4836.03
Price / Book2.441.733.255.74
Net Income-$12.15M$471.31M$952.17M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-7.69%-1.63%0.36%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-15.29%-2.63%2.03%0.60%
1 Year Performance-1.37%-2.26%402.52%26.23%

Dawson Geophysical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
0.4666 of 5 stars
$1.44
-0.7%
N/A+2.1%$44.93M$96.85M-8.00190Gap Down
IO
ION Geophysical
N/AN/AN/AN/A$10.37M$122.67M-0.15360Gap Up
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.1795 of 5 stars
$12.43
+0.8%
N/A+2.7%$159.16M$124.51M15.73650Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
2.6319 of 5 stars
$6.92
-1.1%
N/A+66.7%$114.47M$151.07M6.59960
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9439 of 5 stars
$43.53
+1.0%
$60.97
+40.1%
-17.5%$60.86B$33.14B14.00111,000Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8909 of 5 stars
$31.18
+2.3%
$40.74
+30.7%
-18.4%$26.77B$23.02B10.8648,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.3594 of 5 stars
$29.02
+0.9%
$33.91
+16.8%
+38.5%$12.24B$7.82B19.0925,027Analyst Forecast
NOV
NOV
4.9142 of 5 stars
$16.26
+1.6%
$21.64
+33.1%
-15.6%$6.22B$8.58B6.0033,676Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
OII
Oceaneering International
1.8917 of 5 stars
$27.98
+1.9%
$28.00
+0.1%
+33.0%$2.78B$2.42B21.2010,100
TDW
Tidewater
4.3331 of 5 stars
$50.44
-0.5%
$102.25
+102.7%
-11.5%$2.65B$1.01B14.847,300
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.5141 of 5 stars
$10.89
+3.8%
$14.50
+33.1%
+16.2%$1.60B$1.34B272.252,531Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:DWSN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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