NOV vs. FTI, TDW, OII, RES, HLX, NR, TTI, NGS, OIS, and FET
Should you be buying NOV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NOV include TechnipFMC (FTI), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Newpark Resources (NR), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Oil States International (OIS), and Forum Energy Technologies (FET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
NOV vs.
TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% 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.
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.
In the previous week, NOV had 4 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NOV and 10 mentions for TechnipFMC. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat NOV's score of 0.43 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TechnipFMC currently has a consensus price target of $36.15, suggesting a potential upside of 10.77%. NOV has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.92%. Given NOV's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NOV is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
NOV received 365 more outperform votes than TechnipFMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.03% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Summary
NOV beats TechnipFMC on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NOV) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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