RPC (RES) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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, 60.5% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TDW or RES a better dividend stock?

Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. RPC pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tidewater pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RPC pays out 37.2% 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.

Do analysts prefer TDW or RES?

Tidewater presently has a consensus price target of $92.50, indicating a potential upside of 179.29%. RPC has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.54%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
RPC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, TDW or RES?

Tidewater has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TDW or RES?

In the previous week, Tidewater and Tidewater both had 10 articles in the media. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat RPC's score of 0.61 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RPC	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TDW or RES?

Tidewater has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RPC. Tidewater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, 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	$1.35B	1.27	$97.18M	$3.40	9.74
RPC	$1.41B	0.73	$91.44M	$0.43	11.19

Is TDW or RES more profitable?

Tidewater has a net margin of 13.92% compared to RPC's net margin of 6.46%. 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	6.46%	8.62%	6.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 54.25% 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 54.25%	Underperform Votes 339 45.75%

Summary

Tidewater beats RPC on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.