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FET vs. BTE, VTLE, HLX, TTI, OIS, NGS, GEOS, GIFI, DWSN, and SLB

Should you be buying Forum Energy Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forum Energy Technologies include Baytex Energy (BTE), Vital Energy (VTLE), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Tetra Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), and Schlumberger (SLB).

Forum Energy Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) and Baytex Energy (NYSE:BTE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Baytex Energy has a net margin of 9.34% compared to Forum Energy Technologies' net margin of -13.65%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 6.08% beat Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forum Energy Technologies-13.65% -2.51% -1.05%
Baytex Energy 9.34%6.08%3.25%

Baytex Energy has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 172.95%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Forum Energy Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Forum Energy Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Baytex Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Forum Energy Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Forum Energy Technologies and 0 mentions for Baytex Energy. Forum Energy Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Baytex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Forum Energy Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Forum Energy Technologies Neutral
Baytex Energy Neutral

Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Baytex Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Forum Energy Technologies. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forum Energy Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forum Energy Technologies$816.40M0.33-$135.33M-$8.89-2.55
Baytex Energy$3.07B0.50$172.67M-$0.30-6.72

Summary

Baytex Energy beats Forum Energy Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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FET vs. The Competition

MetricForum Energy TechnologiesOIL FLD MCH&EQP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$260.56M$962.24M$7.71B$20.66B
Dividend YieldN/A4.07%10.95%3.66%
P/E Ratio-2.5512.9276.6128.37
Price / Sales0.331.1823,635.6660.19
Price / Cash6.245.3435.9022.93
Price / Book0.811.084.155.38
Net Income-$135.33M$71.59M$4.26B$994.60M
7 Day Performance19.55%2.77%0.32%1.50%
1 Month Performance8.82%1.31%0.27%0.49%
1 Year Performance41.66%13.82%10.48%18.07%

Forum Energy Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
1.2748 of 5 stars
$22.68
+3.6%
N/A+38.3%$260.56M$816.40M-2.551,800Earnings Report
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.8333 of 5 stars
$2.10
-22.4%
$5.50
+162.5%
-40.4%$1.61B$3.07B6.35231
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.1145 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.8%
$28.30
+70.4%
-61.5%$655.57M$1.98B-4.91290Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.6162 of 5 stars
$5.82
-1.1%
$12.00
+106.4%
-43.9%$864.28M$1.36B18.172,313Positive News
TTI
Tetra Technologies
4.2427 of 5 stars
$3.97
+2.7%
$5.75
+45.0%
+23.9%$514.46M$599.11M4.611,400Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
OIS
Oil States International
4.3101 of 5 stars
$4.89
+0.1%
$7.25
+48.4%
+4.3%$295.69M$692.59M44.412,439
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
4.5233 of 5 stars
$24.13
+3.6%
$32.50
+34.7%
+31.9%$291.82M$156.74M17.87250News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.7364 of 5 stars
$17.61
+11.0%
N/A+72.3%$203.12M$135.60M-13.76650News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.2436 of 5 stars
$6.85
-0.3%
N/A+23.0%$111.46M$159.20M9.26960Earnings Report
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
0.827 of 5 stars
$1.41
-2.1%
N/A-32.0%$44.62M$74.15M-4.70190News Coverage
Earnings Report
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9566 of 5 stars
$32.86
-0.6%
$49.28
+50.0%
-25.6%$44.66B$36.29B11.25110,000Positive News

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