Houston American Energy (HUSA) Competitors

Houston American Energy (NYSE:HUSA) and KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HUSA or KLXE?

12.2% of Houston American Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Houston American Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer HUSA or KLXE?

KLX Energy Services has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 143.24%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Houston American Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Houston American Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
KLX Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HUSA or KLXE?

KLX Energy Services received 74 more outperform votes than Houston American Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.73% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Houston American Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Houston American Energy	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%
KLX Energy Services	Outperform Votes 74 58.73%	Underperform Votes 52 41.27%

Which has better valuation & earnings, HUSA or KLXE?

KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Houston American Energy. Houston American Energy 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Houston American Energy	$560.18K	16.05	-$3.21M	-$0.73	-0.78
KLX Energy Services	$709.30M	0.05	$19.20M	-$3.28	-0.56

Is HUSA or KLXE more profitable?

KLX Energy Services has a net margin of -6.45% compared to Houston American Energy's net margin of -544.15%. Houston American Energy's return on equity of -6.10% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Houston American Energy	-544.15%	-6.10%	-5.86%
KLX Energy Services	-6.45%	-244.12%	-8.24%

Does the media refer more to HUSA or KLXE?

In the previous week, KLX Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Houston American Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for KLX Energy Services and 0 mentions for Houston American Energy. Houston American Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled KLX Energy Services'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Houston American Energy	Neutral
KLX Energy Services	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, HUSA or KLXE?

Houston American Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLX Energy Services has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

KLX Energy Services beats Houston American Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.