OII vs. NOV, TDW, HLX, RES, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, GIFI, and GEOS
Should you be buying Oceaneering International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oceaneering International include NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Oceaneering International vs.
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oceaneering International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Oceaneering International pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NOV pays out 18.6% 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.
Oceaneering International currently has a consensus price target of $28.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.94%. NOV has a consensus price target of $19.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.70%. Given Oceaneering International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oceaneering International is more favorable than NOV.
NOV has a net margin of 7.16% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 5.54%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 17.29% beat NOV's return on equity.
93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Oceaneering International 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 received 567 more outperform votes than Oceaneering International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 57.00% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NOV had 18 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for NOV and 4 mentions for Oceaneering International. NOV's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Oceaneering International's score of 0.08 indicating that NOV is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Oceaneering International. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NOV beats Oceaneering International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OII) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
