NOV (NOV) Competitors

TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Is FTI or NOV a better dividend stock?

TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. TechnipFMC pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NOV pays out 11.1% 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. NOV is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, FTI or NOV?

TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTI or NOV?

NOV received 371 more outperform votes than TechnipFMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TechnipFMC	Outperform Votes 699 58.20%	Underperform Votes 502 41.80%
NOV	Outperform Votes 1070 62.28%	Underperform Votes 648 37.72%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FTI or NOV?

NOV has higher revenue and earnings than TechnipFMC. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, 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
TechnipFMC	$7.82B	1.58	$56.20M	$1.52	19.09
NOV	$8.58B	0.74	$993M	$2.71	6.00

Do analysts rate FTI or NOV?

TechnipFMC presently has a consensus price target of $33.91, suggesting a potential upside of 16.85%. NOV has a consensus price target of $21.64, suggesting a potential upside of 33.15%. Given NOV's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NOV is more favorable than TechnipFMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TechnipFMC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NOV	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer FTI or NOV?

In the previous week, NOV had 27 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for NOV and 16 mentions for TechnipFMC. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat NOV's score of 0.18 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TechnipFMC	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NOV	8 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FTI or NOV more profitable?

NOV has a net margin of 12.05% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 7.63%. TechnipFMC's return on equity of 20.11% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TechnipFMC	7.63%	20.11%	6.68%
NOV	12.05%	10.82%	6.09%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FTI or NOV?

96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NOV beats TechnipFMC on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.