BATL vs. KLXE, NCSM, USEG, PED, VOC, MVO, PRT, NINE, PVL, and INDO
Should you be buying Battalion Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Battalion Oil include KLX Energy Services (KLXE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), U.S. Energy (USEG), PEDEVCO (PED), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), and Indonesia Energy (INDO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Battalion Oil vs.
Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) and KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Battalion Oil has a net margin of 12.02% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -6.45%. Battalion Oil's return on equity of -137.74% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
KLX Energy Services received 73 more outperform votes than Battalion Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.73% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote.
86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 62.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KLX Energy Services has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Battalion Oil.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KLX Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Battalion Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled KLX Energy Services'average media sentiment score.
Summary
KLX Energy Services beats Battalion Oil on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BATL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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