WFRD vs. FTI, WHD, BKR, RRC, MUSA, YPF, SWN, MTDR, CHRD, and AR
Should you be buying Weatherford International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weatherford International include TechnipFMC (FTI), Cactus (WHD), Baker Hughes (BKR), Range Resources (RRC), Murphy USA (MUSA), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
97.2% of Weatherford International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Weatherford International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TechnipFMC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Weatherford International has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Weatherford International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TechnipFMC. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TechnipFMC had 1 more articles in the media than Weatherford International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TechnipFMC and 4 mentions for Weatherford International. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Weatherford International's score of 1.08 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TechnipFMC received 651 more outperform votes than Weatherford International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.07% of users gave Weatherford International an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Weatherford International has a net margin of 8.61% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 2.61%. Weatherford International's return on equity of 52.88% beat TechnipFMC's return on equity.
Weatherford International presently has a consensus price target of $146.11, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. TechnipFMC has a consensus price target of $27.21, suggesting a potential upside of 5.25%. Given Weatherford International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
Summary
Weatherford International beats TechnipFMC on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WFRD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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