Tidewater (TDW) Competitors

Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) 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 community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, TDW or NOV?

Tidewater has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$1.01B	2.63	$97.18M	$3.40	14.92
NOV	$8.58B	0.72	$993M	$2.71	5.89

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV 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.

Does the media prefer TDW or NOV?

In the previous week, NOV had 32 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for NOV and 13 mentions for Tidewater. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat NOV's score of 0.11 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NOV	6 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TDW or NOV?

NOV received 610 more outperform votes than Tidewater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 460 60.93%	Underperform Votes 295 39.07%
NOV	Outperform Votes 1070 62.28%	Underperform Votes 648 37.72%

Do analysts recommend TDW or NOV?

Tidewater currently has a consensus target price of $102.25, indicating a potential upside of 101.56%. NOV has a consensus target price of $21.64, indicating a potential upside of 35.52%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than NOV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NOV	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is TDW or NOV 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
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%
NOV	12.05%	10.82%	6.09%

Summary

Tidewater beats NOV on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.