NC vs. RNGR, FET, HNRG, AMPY, FF, RGCO, SJT, ZEO, MAXN, and FREY
Should you be buying NACCO Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NACCO Industries include Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Hallador Energy (HNRG), Amplify Energy (AMPY), FutureFuel (FF), RGC Resources (RGCO), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT), Zeo Energy (ZEO), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), and FREYR Battery (FREY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) and NACCO Industries (NYSE:NC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Ranger Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than NACCO Industries. NACCO Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ranger Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ranger Energy Services has a net margin of 2.73% compared to Ranger Energy Services' net margin of -18.68%. NACCO Industries' return on equity of 6.18% beat Ranger Energy Services' return on equity.
Ranger Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. NACCO Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ranger Energy Services pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NACCO Industries pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NACCO Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. NACCO Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ranger Energy Services received 72 more outperform votes than NACCO Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave NACCO Industries an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Ranger Energy Services an outperform vote.
68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of NACCO Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of NACCO Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NACCO Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Ranger Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NACCO Industries and 0 mentions for Ranger Energy Services. NACCO Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ranger Energy Services' score of -0.35 indicating that Ranger Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NACCO Industries has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ranger Energy Services beats NACCO Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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