Transocean (RIG) Competitors

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

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

67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, RIG or PR?

Transocean has a beta of 2.72, meaning that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 4.3, meaning that its stock price is 330% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RIG or PR?

Transocean presently has a consensus price target of $5.23, indicating a potential upside of 63.69%. Permian Resources has a consensus price target of $19.31, indicating a potential upside of 40.10%. Given Transocean's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Transocean is more favorable than Permian Resources.

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
Permian Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RIG or PR?

Transocean received 853 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.49% of users gave Permian Resources 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%
Permian Resources	Outperform Votes 69 64.49%	Underperform Votes 38 35.51%

Is RIG or PR a better dividend stock?

Transocean pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.8%. Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Transocean pays out -82.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Resources pays out 42.0% 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. Transocean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer RIG or PR?

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 10 more articles in the media than Transocean. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Permian Resources and 7 mentions for Transocean. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Transocean's score of 0.35 indicating that Permian Resources 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Permian Resources	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RIG or PR more profitable?

Permian Resources has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.15% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%
Permian Resources	21.20%	11.15%	6.93%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RIG or PR?

Permian Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, 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	0.80	-$954M	-$0.73	-4.38
Permian Resources	$5.00B	2.21	$476.31M	$1.43	9.64

Summary

Permian Resources beats Transocean on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.