RES vs. TDW, OII, HLX, NR, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, and GEOS
Should you be buying RPC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPC include Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tidewater had 4 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tidewater and 0 mentions for RPC. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat RPC's score of 0.00 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Tidewater. RPC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RPC has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tidewater has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.28%. Tidewater has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.84%. Given RPC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RPC is more favorable than Tidewater.
Tidewater has a net margin of 11.73% compared to RPC's net margin of 9.95%. Tidewater's return on equity of 16.24% beat RPC's return on equity.
Tidewater received 56 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.23% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
Summary
Tidewater beats RPC on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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