Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) Competitors

Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.

Does the media prefer NGS or RES?

In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group had 20 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group and 2 mentions for RPC. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Natural Gas Services Group's score of 1.09 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Natural Gas Services Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RPC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NGS or RES more profitable?

Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 10.55% compared to RPC's net margin of 6.46%. RPC's return on equity of 8.62% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Natural Gas Services Group	10.55%	6.60%	3.29%
RPC	6.46%	8.62%	6.85%

Do analysts rate NGS or RES?

Natural Gas Services Group presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.70%. RPC has a consensus price target of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Natural Gas Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than RPC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Natural Gas Services Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
RPC	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has more risk and volatility, NGS or RES?

Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NGS or RES?

65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NGS or RES?

RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Gas Services Group. RPC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, 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
Natural Gas Services Group	$156.74M	1.73	$4.75M	$1.38	15.72
RPC	$1.41B	0.83	$91.44M	$0.43	12.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NGS or RES?

RPC received 129 more outperform votes than Natural Gas Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.72% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Natural Gas Services Group	Outperform Votes 273 57.72%	Underperform Votes 200 42.28%
RPC	Outperform Votes 402 54.40%	Underperform Votes 337 45.60%

Summary

Natural Gas Services Group beats RPC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.