ProPetro (PUMP) Competitors

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RIG or PUMP?

ProPetro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. ProPetro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transocean, 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
Transocean	$3.52B	0.78	-$954M	-$0.73	-4.30
ProPetro	$1.44B	0.55	$85.63M	-$1.34	-5.70

Is RIG or PUMP more profitable?

ProPetro has a net margin of -9.55% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. ProPetro's return on equity of 3.20% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%
ProPetro	-9.55%	3.20%	2.09%

Which has more risk & volatility, RIG or PUMP?

Transocean has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIG or PUMP?

Transocean received 768 more outperform votes than ProPetro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.69% of users gave ProPetro an outperform vote while only 51.48% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 922 51.48%	Underperform Votes 869 48.52%
ProPetro	Outperform Votes 154 59.69%	Underperform Votes 104 40.31%

Does the media favor RIG or PUMP?

In the previous week, Transocean had 6 more articles in the media than ProPetro. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Transocean and 2 mentions for ProPetro. ProPetro's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Transocean's score of 0.26 indicating that ProPetro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transocean	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ProPetro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer RIG or PUMP?

Transocean currently has a consensus price target of $5.23, suggesting a potential upside of 66.56%. ProPetro has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 40.71%. Given Transocean's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Transocean is more favorable than ProPetro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
ProPetro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RIG or PUMP?

67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ProPetro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Transocean beats ProPetro on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.