MXC vs. KLXE, NCSM, USEG, PED, VOC, MVO, PRT, NINE, PVL, and BATL
Should you be buying Mexco Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexco Energy 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 Battalion Oil (BATL). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Mexco Energy vs.
KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) and Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.1% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KLX Energy Services received 74 more outperform votes than Mexco 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 Mexco Energy an outperform vote.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Mexco Energy. KLX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mexco Energy has a net margin of 18.73% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -6.45%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 7.57% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Mexco Energy had 1 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mexco Energy and 0 mentions for KLX Energy Services. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat KLX Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KLX Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Mexco Energy.
Summary
KLX Energy Services and Mexco Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MXC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
