DRQ vs. NR, OIS, FET, SOI, BRY, DEC, EGY, VTS, METC, and SOC
Should you be buying Dril-Quip stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dril-Quip include Newpark Resources (NR), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Berry (BRY), Diversified Energy (DEC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Ramaco Resources (METC), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Dril-Quip (NYSE:DRQ) and Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
Dril-Quip received 10 more outperform votes than Newpark Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Newpark Resources an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Dril-Quip an outperform vote.
Newpark Resources has a net margin of 1.94% compared to Dril-Quip's net margin of 0.14%. Newpark Resources' return on equity of 6.53% beat Dril-Quip's return on equity.
80.8% of Newpark Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Dril-Quip shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Newpark Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Newpark Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Dril-Quip. Newpark Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dril-Quip, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dril-Quip has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newpark Resources has a beta of 2.75, suggesting that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dril-Quip currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.70%. Newpark Resources has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.87%. Given Dril-Quip's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dril-Quip is more favorable than Newpark Resources.
In the previous week, Dril-Quip had 1 more articles in the media than Newpark Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dril-Quip and 2 mentions for Newpark Resources. Dril-Quip's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Newpark Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Dril-Quip is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Newpark Resources beats Dril-Quip on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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