RPC (RES) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RES or TDW?

Tidewater has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
RPC	$1.41B	0.86	$91.44M	$0.43	13.05
Tidewater	$1.35B	1.67	$97.18M	$3.40	12.81

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

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

Is RES or TDW a better dividend stock?

RPC pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. RPC pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tidewater pays out 29.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RES or TDW?

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 54.40% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RPC	Outperform Votes 402 54.40%	Underperform Votes 337 45.60%
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 461 60.82%	Underperform Votes 297 39.18%

Does the media prefer RES or TDW?

In the previous week, Tidewater had 4 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tidewater and 2 mentions for RPC. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Tidewater's score of 0.99 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RPC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tidewater	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RES or TDW?

RPC presently has a consensus price target of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Tidewater has a consensus price target of $92.50, indicating a potential upside of 112.35%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than RPC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RPC	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Tidewater	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more volatility & risk, RES or TDW?

RPC has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tidewater has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RES or TDW 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
RPC	6.46%	8.62%	6.85%
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%

Summary

Tidewater beats RPC on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.