NGS vs. RES, HLX, TTI, OIS, FET, GIFI, GEOS, DWSN, SLB, and HAL
Should you be buying Natural Gas Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Gas Services Group include RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Schlumberger (SLB), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Natural Gas Services Group vs.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
RPC received 130 more outperform votes than Natural Gas Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.75% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, RPC had 3 more articles in the media than Natural Gas Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RPC and 0 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Natural Gas Services Group's score of 0.00 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RPC has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC currently has a consensus target price of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Natural Gas Services Group has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.42%. Given RPC's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RPC is more favorable than Natural Gas Services Group.
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.
Summary
RPC beats Natural Gas Services Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NGS) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
