DNOW vs. WHD, NR, DRQ, SOI, OIS, FET, DTI, PFIE, SDPI, and BKR
Should you be buying DNOW stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DNOW include Cactus (WHD), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Profire Energy (PFIE), Superior Drilling Products (SDPI), and Baker Hughes (BKR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field machinery" industry.
DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) and Cactus (NYSE:WHD) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
DNOW has higher revenue and earnings than Cactus. DNOW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cactus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cactus received 55 more outperform votes than DNOW when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.94% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 52.68% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.
DNOW has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DNOW currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.91%. Cactus has a consensus price target of $55.14, suggesting a potential upside of 4.60%. Given DNOW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DNOW is more favorable than Cactus.
97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Cactus shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of DNOW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Cactus shares are held 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.
Cactus has a net margin of 14.46% compared to DNOW's net margin of 10.30%. Cactus' return on equity of 22.46% beat DNOW's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cactus had 3 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cactus and 0 mentions for DNOW. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat DNOW's score of 1.00 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cactus beats DNOW on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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