OIS vs. RES, HLX, TTI, NGS, FET, GIFI, DWSN, GEOS, SLB, and HAL
Should you be buying Oil States International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil States International include RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Schlumberger (SLB), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Oil States International vs. Its Competitors
Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Oil States International presently has a consensus price target of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.81%. RPC has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.76%. Given RPC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RPC is more favorable than Oil States International.
Oil States International received 62 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.43% of users gave Oil States International an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
97.4% of Oil States International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Oil States International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of RPC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Oil States International had 1 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Oil States International and 0 mentions for RPC. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Oil States International's score of 1.05 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RPC has a net margin of 5.55% compared to Oil States International's net margin of 0.77%. RPC's return on equity of 7.08% beat Oil States International's return on equity.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Oil States International. RPC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oil States International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oil States International has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RPC beats Oil States International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:OIS) was last updated on 6/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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