ProPetro (PUMP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RIG or PUMP?

Transocean received 770 more outperform votes than ProPetro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.69% of users gave ProPetro an outperform vote while only 51.51% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.51%	Underperform Votes 870 48.49%
ProPetro	Outperform Votes 154 59.69%	Underperform Votes 104 40.31%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RIG or PUMP?

67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of ProPetro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 higher 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	0.55	-$954M	-$0.73	-3.01
ProPetro	$1.44B	0.37	$85.63M	-$1.34	-3.89

Do analysts recommend RIG or PUMP?

Transocean currently has a consensus price target of $4.59, suggesting a potential upside of 109.06%. ProPetro has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 106.14%. Given Transocean's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Transocean is more favorable than ProPetro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
ProPetro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more volatility and risk, RIG or PUMP?

Transocean has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RIG or PUMP?

In the previous week, Transocean had 4 more articles in the media than ProPetro. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Transocean and 11 mentions for ProPetro. ProPetro's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Transocean's score of 0.10 indicating that ProPetro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transocean	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ProPetro	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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