RPC (RES) Competitors

Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, TDW or RES?

Tidewater has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TDW or RES?

RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Tidewater. RPC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater, 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
Tidewater	$1.30B	2.24	$97.18M	$3.40	16.41
RPC	$1.62B	0.93	$195.11M	$0.56	12.53

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TDW or RES?

95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TDW or RES more profitable?

Tidewater has a net margin of 13.92% compared to RPC's net margin of 8.07%. Tidewater's return on equity of 18.16% beat RPC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%
RPC	8.07%	11.36%	9.08%

Do analysts recommend TDW or RES?

Tidewater currently has a consensus target price of $91.60, indicating a potential upside of 64.23%. RPC has a consensus target price of $6.08, indicating a potential downside of 13.31%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tidewater is more favorable than RPC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
RPC	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the media favor TDW or RES?

In the previous week, Tidewater had 5 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Tidewater and 3 mentions for RPC. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Tidewater's score of 0.25 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RPC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TDW or RES a better dividend stock?

Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. RPC pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tidewater pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RPC pays out 28.6% 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. RPC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TDW or RES?

Tidewater received 59 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.82% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote while only 54.47% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 461 60.82%	Underperform Votes 297 39.18%
RPC	Outperform Votes 402 54.47%	Underperform Votes 336 45.53%

Summary

Tidewater beats RPC on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.