RNGR vs. NGS, TUSK, KLXE, NINE, CLB, FET, FREY, NC, RGCO, and FF
Should you be buying Ranger Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ranger Energy Services include Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Core Laboratories (CLB), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), FREYR Battery (FREY), NACCO Industries (NC), RGC Resources (RGCO), and FutureFuel (FF). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Natural Gas Services Group received 1 more outperform votes than Ranger Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Ranger Energy Services an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote.
Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Ranger Energy Services' net margin of 2.73%. Ranger Energy Services' return on equity of 6.18% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.
Ranger Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Gas Services Group. Ranger Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ranger Energy Services had 7 more articles in the media than Natural Gas Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ranger Energy Services and 4 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ranger Energy Services' score of 0.20 indicating that Natural Gas Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Ranger Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Natural Gas Services Group has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Natural Gas Services Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than Ranger Energy Services.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats Ranger Energy Services on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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