DWSN vs. FTCI, NINE, NRT, PFIE, CETY, AE, BPT, SLNG, VSTE, and TYGO
Should you be buying Dawson Geophysical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dawson Geophysical include FTC Solar (FTCI), Nine Energy Service (NINE), North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT), Profire Energy (PFIE), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), Adams Resources & Energy (AE), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Vast Renewables (VSTE), and Tigo Energy (TYGO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) and Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
45.4% of FTC Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of FTC Solar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FTC Solar has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dawson Geophysical has a net margin of -5.95% compared to Dawson Geophysical's net margin of -47.92%. FTC Solar's return on equity of -19.46% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.
FTC Solar presently has a consensus price target of $1.49, suggesting a potential upside of 199.71%. Given Dawson Geophysical's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FTC Solar is more favorable than Dawson Geophysical.
Dawson Geophysical received 162 more outperform votes than FTC Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote while only 44.07% of users gave FTC Solar an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FTC Solar had 2 more articles in the media than Dawson Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for FTC Solar and 3 mentions for Dawson Geophysical. FTC Solar's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Dawson Geophysical's score of 1.05 indicating that Dawson Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dawson Geophysical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FTC Solar. Dawson Geophysical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTC Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FTC Solar and Dawson Geophysical tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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