Mexco Energy (MXC) Competitors

KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) and Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KLXE or MXC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KLX Energy Services	$888.40M	0.11	$19.20M	-$2.96	-2.02
Mexco Energy	$6.61M	3.80	$1.35M	$0.57	21.47

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KLXE or MXC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
KLX Energy Services	Outperform Votes 74 58.73%	Underperform Votes 52 41.27%
Mexco Energy	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 61 100.00%

Which has more risk and volatility, KLXE or MXC?

KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2, suggesting that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KLXE or MXC?

KLX Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 24.75%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Mexco Energy.

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KLXE or MXC?

42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.1% of Mexco Energy shares are held by 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.

Is KLXE or MXC more profitable?

Mexco Energy has a net margin of 17.59% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -6.45%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 6.94% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KLX Energy Services	-6.45%	-244.12%	-8.24%
Mexco Energy	17.59%	6.94%	6.37%

Does the media favor KLXE or MXC?

In the previous week, KLX Energy Services and KLX Energy Services both had 1 articles in the media. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat KLX Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
KLX Energy Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Mexco Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

KLX Energy Services beats Mexco Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.