DNOW (DNOW) Competitors

ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) and DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, CHX or DNOW?

ChampionX has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNOW has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHX or DNOW?

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of DNOW shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ChampionX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of DNOW shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CHX or DNOW more profitable?

DNOW has a net margin of 8.70% compared to ChampionX's net margin of 8.59%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.74% beat DNOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChampionX	8.59%	19.74%	10.27%
DNOW	8.70%	8.90%	6.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHX or DNOW?

DNOW received 281 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.06% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote while only 52.66% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ChampionX	Outperform Votes 26 53.06%	Underperform Votes 23 46.94%
DNOW	Outperform Votes 307 52.66%	Underperform Votes 276 47.34%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CHX or DNOW?

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than DNOW. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, 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
ChampionX	$3.67B	1.43	$314.24M	$1.61	17.11
DNOW	$2.36B	0.62	$247M	$1.87	7.39

Does the media refer more to CHX or DNOW?

In the previous week, ChampionX had 7 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ChampionX and 1 mentions for DNOW. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat ChampionX's score of 1.61 indicating that DNOW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ChampionX	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DNOW	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate CHX or DNOW?

ChampionX currently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 50.08%. DNOW has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.24%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ChampionX is more favorable than DNOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChampionX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

ChampionX beats DNOW on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.