Tidewater (TDW) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NOV or TDW?

93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of NOV shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held 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.

Do analysts rate NOV or TDW?

NOV presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.92%. Tidewater has a consensus target price of $91.60, suggesting a potential upside of 64.23%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tidewater is more favorable than NOV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NOV	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.28
Tidewater	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media refer more to NOV or TDW?

In the previous week, NOV had 8 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NOV and 6 mentions for Tidewater. NOV's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Tidewater's score of 0.23 indicating that NOV is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NOV	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tidewater	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NOV or TDW more profitable?

Tidewater has a net margin of 13.92% compared to NOV's net margin of 12.05%. Tidewater's return on equity of 18.16% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NOV	12.05%	10.82%	6.09%
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NOV or TDW?

NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Tidewater. NOV 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
NOV	$8.58B	0.71	$993M	$2.71	5.77
Tidewater	$1.01B	2.89	$97.18M	$3.40	16.41

Which has more risk and volatility, NOV or TDW?

NOV has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOV or TDW?

NOV received 609 more outperform votes than Tidewater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.03% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NOV	Outperform Votes 1070 62.03%	Underperform Votes 655 37.97%
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 461 60.90%	Underperform Votes 296 39.10%

Summary

Tidewater beats NOV on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.