National Energy Services Reunited (NESR) Competitors

National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) and Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend NESR or NOG?

National Energy Services Reunited presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 148.76%. Northern Oil and Gas has a consensus target price of $44.78, indicating a potential upside of 84.67%. Given National Energy Services Reunited's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe National Energy Services Reunited is more favorable than Northern Oil and Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Energy Services Reunited	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northern Oil and Gas	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NESR or NOG?

National Energy Services Reunited received 120 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave National Energy Services Reunited an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Energy Services Reunited	Outperform Votes 162 58.91%	Underperform Votes 113 41.09%
Northern Oil and Gas	Outperform Votes 42 37.50%	Underperform Votes 70 62.50%

Does the media refer more to NESR or NOG?

In the previous week, Northern Oil and Gas had 18 more articles in the media than National Energy Services Reunited. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas and 1 mentions for National Energy Services Reunited. National Energy Services Reunited's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of 0.98 indicating that National Energy Services Reunited is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Energy Services Reunited	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Northern Oil and Gas	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NESR or NOG?

15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, NESR or NOG?

National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NESR or NOG more profitable?

Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 23.38% compared to National Energy Services Reunited's net margin of 0.00%. Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity of 24.41% beat National Energy Services Reunited's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Energy Services Reunited	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern Oil and Gas	23.38%	24.41%	10.61%

Which has better earnings and valuation, NESR or NOG?

Northern Oil and Gas has higher revenue and earnings than National Energy Services Reunited. Northern Oil and Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Energy Services Reunited, 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
National Energy Services Reunited	$1.30B	0.44	$12.58M	$0.80	7.54
Northern Oil and Gas	$2.16B	1.11	$922.97M	$5.14	4.72

Summary

Northern Oil and Gas beats National Energy Services Reunited on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.