Expro Group (XPRO) Competitors

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, VVV or XPRO?

Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer VVV or XPRO?

Valvoline presently has a consensus target price of $44.40, indicating a potential upside of 21.66%. Expro Group has a consensus target price of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 66.22%. Given Expro Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Valvoline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Expro Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor VVV or XPRO?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 10 more articles in the media than Expro Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Valvoline and 2 mentions for Expro Group. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Expro Group's score of -0.36 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valvoline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Expro Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, VVV or XPRO?

Valvoline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Expro Group. Valvoline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expro Group, 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
Valvoline	$1.62B	2.87	$211.50M	$2.09	17.46
Expro Group	$1.68B	0.91	-$23.36M	$0.14	93.11

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VVV or XPRO?

96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Expro Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Expro Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is VVV or XPRO more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to Expro Group's net margin of 0.98%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% beat Expro Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valvoline	16.34%	143.64%	8.42%
Expro Group	0.98%	3.70%	2.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VVV or XPRO?

Valvoline received 302 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.02% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote while only 32.14% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 311 58.02%	Underperform Votes 225 41.98%
Expro Group	Outperform Votes 9 32.14%	Underperform Votes 19 67.86%

Summary

Valvoline beats Expro Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.