Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Competitors

Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WTTR or VVV?

81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Valvoline shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts recommend WTTR or VVV?

Select Water Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.42%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $44.40, indicating a potential upside of 21.66%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Valvoline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTTR or VVV?

Select Water Solutions received 12 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.01% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 323 67.01%	Underperform Votes 159 32.99%
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 311 58.02%	Underperform Votes 225 41.98%

Which has more volatility & risk, WTTR or VVV?

Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WTTR or VVV?

Valvoline has higher revenue and earnings than Select Water Solutions. Valvoline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, 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
Select Water Solutions	$1.45B	1.02	$74.40M	$0.30	41.22
Valvoline	$1.62B	2.87	$211.50M	$2.09	17.46

Does the media prefer WTTR or VVV?

In the previous week, Select Water Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than Valvoline. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Select Water Solutions and 11 mentions for Valvoline. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.43 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Water Solutions	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Valvoline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WTTR or VVV more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 2.11%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Water Solutions	2.11%	3.49%	2.39%
Valvoline	16.34%	143.64%	8.42%

Summary

Valvoline beats Select Water Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.