NR vs. OII, HLX, RES, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, GEOS, and GIFI
Should you be buying Newpark Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newpark Resources include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Newpark Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Newpark Resources and 2 mentions for Oceaneering International. Newpark Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Oceaneering International's score of 0.80 indicating that Newpark Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Newpark Resources presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.06%. Oceaneering International has a consensus price target of $28.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.64%. Given Newpark Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Newpark Resources is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
Oceaneering International received 181 more outperform votes than Newpark Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Newpark Resources an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Newpark Resources. Oceaneering International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newpark Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Newpark Resources' net margin of 2.25%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 14.82% beat Newpark Resources' return on equity.
Newpark Resources has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.8% of Newpark Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Newpark Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Oceaneering International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Newpark Resources beats Oceaneering International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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