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Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) Competitors

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$24.73 -0.02 (-0.08%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

NGS vs. RES, NR, TTI, OIS, FET, GEOS, GIFI, 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), Newpark Resources (NR), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), 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.

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

Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Natural Gas Services Group$152.31M2.03$4.75M$1.2819.32
RPC$1.47B0.82$195.11M$0.5610.05

Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 10.55% compared to RPC's net margin of 8.07%. RPC's return on equity of 11.36% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Natural Gas Services Group10.55% 6.60% 3.29%
RPC 8.07%11.36%9.08%

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 54.47% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Natural Gas Services GroupOutperform Votes
272
57.75%
Underperform Votes
199
42.25%
RPCOutperform Votes
402
54.47%
Underperform Votes
336
45.53%

In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group had 4 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group and 1 mentions for RPC. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat RPC's score of -0.98 indicating that Natural Gas Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of RPC shares are owned by company 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.

Natural Gas Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.16%. RPC has a consensus price target of $6.08, indicating a potential upside of 8.05%. Given RPC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RPC is more favorable than Natural Gas Services Group.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NGS vs. The Competition

MetricNatural Gas Services GroupOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$308.88M$3.76B$8.21B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.20%11.67%3.59%
P/E Ratio19.3225.2512.1041.28
Price / Sales2.030.98109.2717.59
Price / Cash9.907.5810.8221.28
Price / Book1.301.443.335.32
Net Income$4.75M$297.22M$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.41%-5.33%-3.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-9.51%-11.12%-5.49%-3.68%
1 Year Performance69.33%4.83%1.57%12.14%

Natural Gas Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
1.689 of 5 stars
$24.73
-0.1%
$26.50
+7.2%
+76.5%$308.88M$152.31M19.32250High Trading Volume
RES
RPC
0.9287 of 5 stars
$5.92
-3.0%
$6.08
+2.8%
-23.1%$1.27B$1.62B10.892,691
NR
Newpark Resources
3.0858 of 5 stars
$7.72
-0.3%
$11.00
+42.5%
N/A$667.76M$748.37M-4.261,550
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.6107 of 5 stars
$3.65
-0.8%
$7.00
+91.8%
-25.3%$481.11M$617.73M184.001,500Analyst Forecast
OIS
Oil States International
3.6738 of 5 stars
$5.03
-1.6%
$6.50
+29.2%
-33.9%$317.44M$782.28M0.002,752
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
1.1275 of 5 stars
$14.94
+0.7%
N/A-37.3%$183.52M$800.61M-3.511,600Positive News
High Trading Volume
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.7124 of 5 stars
$10.41
+3.7%
N/A-22.1%$132.30M$135.60M-18.59650Positive News
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.7984 of 5 stars
$7.41
+5.0%
N/A+62.2%$121.18M$166.33M6.72960Positive News
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
N/A$1.46
-2.9%
N/A-18.0%$45.23M$96.85M-8.36190Gap Up
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9713 of 5 stars
$40.00
-0.5%
$60.91
+52.3%
-29.9%$56.49B$33.14B12.93111,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.702 of 5 stars
$27.97
-2.5%
$40.58
+45.1%
-28.8%$24.57B$23.07B9.9948,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:NGS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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