LBRT vs. XPRO, OII, HLX, ACDC, RES, PFHC, WTTR, PUMP, NESR, and ARIS
Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), ProFrac (PFHC), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), 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.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Expro Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Liberty Energy and 4 mentions for Expro Group. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Expro Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Expro Group. Expro Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Expro Group's net margin of -1.26%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 26.46% beat Expro Group's return on equity.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Expro Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Expro Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Liberty Energy currently has a consensus target price of $24.30, indicating a potential upside of 1.69%. Expro Group has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. Given Expro Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Liberty Energy received 331 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.36% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 29.17% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Expro Group on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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