KLXE vs. NINE, NCSM, TUSK, RNGR, NEOV, BATL, CSLR, SND, PED, and CRT
Should you be buying KLX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLX Energy Services include Nine Energy Service (NINE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), NeoVolta (NEOV), Battalion Oil (BATL), Complete Solaria (CSLR), Smart Sand (SND), PEDEVCO (PED), and Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) and Nine Energy Service (NYSE:NINE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
KLX Energy Services has a net margin of -1.51% compared to Nine Energy Service's net margin of -5.81%. Nine Energy Service's return on equity of 0.00% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nine Energy Service has a beta of 3.42, suggesting that its stock price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KLX Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.27%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Nine Energy Service.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Nine Energy Service. KLX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nine Energy Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KLX Energy Services received 59 more outperform votes than Nine Energy Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.87% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Nine Energy Service an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Nine Energy Service had 1 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nine Energy Service and 2 mentions for KLX Energy Services. KLX Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Nine Energy Service's score of 0.63 indicating that KLX Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
KLX Energy Services beats Nine Energy Service on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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