Tidewater (TDW) Competitors

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

Is TDW or NOV more profitable?

Tidewater has a net margin of 13.92% compared to NOV's net margin of 7.16%. Tidewater's return on equity of 18.16% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%
NOV	7.16%	9.88%	5.60%

Does the media refer more to TDW or NOV?

In the previous week, NOV had 19 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for NOV and 10 mentions for Tidewater. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat NOV's score of 0.70 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
NOV	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend TDW or NOV?

Tidewater presently has a consensus target price of $92.50, suggesting a potential upside of 187.23%. NOV has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.00%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tidewater is more favorable than NOV.

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
NOV	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26

Which has more volatility & risk, TDW or NOV?

Tidewater has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TDW or NOV?

NOV received 613 more outperform votes than Tidewater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.97% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 461 60.82%	Underperform Votes 297 39.18%
NOV	Outperform Votes 1074 61.97%	Underperform Votes 659 38.03%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TDW or NOV?

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
Tidewater	$1.35B	1.23	$97.18M	$3.40	9.47
NOV	$8.87B	0.52	$635M	$1.61	7.47

Is TDW or NOV a better dividend stock?

Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tidewater pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NOV pays out 18.6% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TDW or NOV?

95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tidewater beats NOV on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.