PFIE vs. FET, DTI, SDPI, OIS, SOI, BKR, FTI, WFRD, NOV, and WHD
Should you be buying Profire Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Profire Energy include Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Superior Drilling Products (SDPI), Oil States International (OIS), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Baker Hughes (BKR), TechnipFMC (FTI), Weatherford International (WFRD), NOV (NOV), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field machinery" industry.
Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) and Profire Energy (NASDAQ:PFIE) 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 risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Profire Energy has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 127.27%. Given Forum Energy Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Profire Energy is more favorable than Forum Energy Technologies.
In the previous week, Profire Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Forum Energy Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Profire Energy and 2 mentions for Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Profire Energy's score of -0.33 indicating that Profire Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Profire Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Profire Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profire Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Profire Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profire Energy has a net margin of 16.79% compared to Profire Energy's net margin of -3.42%. Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity of 17.27% beat Profire Energy's return on equity.
Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Profire Energy has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Forum Energy Technologies received 128 more outperform votes than Profire Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.28% of users gave Profire Energy an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Forum Energy Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Profire Energy beats Forum Energy Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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