WTTR vs. LBRT, PFHC, XPRO, OII, HLX, ACDC, RES, PUMP, NESR, and ARIS
Should you be buying Select Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Select Water Solutions include Liberty Energy (LBRT), ProFrac (PFHC), Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), and Aris Water Solutions (ARIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Select Water Solutions. Liberty Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Energy received 18 more outperform votes than Select Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.81% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.36% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.
Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Select Water Solutions pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liberty Energy pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Select Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.51%. Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $24.30, indicating a potential upside of 1.69%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 4.28%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 26.46% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.
Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Liberty Energy and 3 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 1.23 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Select Water Solutions on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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