WHD vs. FTI, WFRD, NOV, DNOW, NR, DRQ, SOI, OIS, FET, and DTI
Should you be buying Cactus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cactus include TechnipFMC (FTI), Weatherford International (WFRD), NOV (NOV), DNOW (DNOW), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), and Drilling Tools International (DTI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field machinery" industry.
TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) and Cactus (NYSE:WHD) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Cactus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Cactus pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. TechnipFMC pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cactus pays out 19.1% 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. Cactus has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Cactus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Cactus had 6 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cactus and 4 mentions for TechnipFMC. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat TechnipFMC's score of 0.66 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cactus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TechnipFMC. Cactus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TechnipFMC currently has a consensus price target of $27.21, suggesting a potential upside of 3.88%. Cactus has a consensus price target of $55.14, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Given TechnipFMC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cactus is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
Cactus has a net margin of 14.46% compared to Cactus' net margin of 2.61%. TechnipFMC's return on equity of 22.46% beat Cactus' return on equity.
TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TechnipFMC received 327 more outperform votes than Cactus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.94% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Summary
Cactus beats TechnipFMC on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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