TETRA Technologies (TTI) Competitors

TETRA Technologies (NYSE:TTI) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the media favor TTI or RES?

In the previous week, RPC had 2 more articles in the media than TETRA Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RPC and 1 mentions for TETRA Technologies. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat TETRA Technologies' score of 0.77 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TETRA Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RPC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TTI or RES?

TETRA Technologies has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TTI or RES?

70.2% of TETRA Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of TETRA Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TTI or RES?

TETRA Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 51.52%. RPC has a consensus target price of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Given TETRA Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TETRA Technologies is more favorable than RPC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TETRA Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
RPC	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TTI or RES?

RPC has higher revenue and earnings than TETRA Technologies. RPC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TETRA Technologies, 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
TETRA Technologies	$626.26M	0.94	$25.78M	$0.02	222.86
RPC	$1.42B	0.93	$91.44M	$0.43	14.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TTI or RES?

RPC received 7 more outperform votes than TETRA Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.40% of users gave TETRA Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TETRA Technologies	Outperform Votes 395 65.40%	Underperform Votes 209 34.60%
RPC	Outperform Votes 402 54.40%	Underperform Votes 337 45.60%

Is TTI or RES more profitable?

RPC has a net margin of 6.46% compared to TETRA Technologies' net margin of 0.27%. TETRA Technologies' return on equity of 14.53% beat RPC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TETRA Technologies	0.27%	14.53%	4.44%
RPC	6.46%	8.62%	6.85%

Summary

TETRA Technologies beats RPC on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.