EFXT vs. CLB, NGL, NPWR, AMPS, NBR, VTS, METC, DEC, CAPL, and OPAL
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Core Laboratories (CLB), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), NET Power (NPWR), Altus Power (AMPS), Nabors Industries (NBR), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Ramaco Resources (METC), Diversified Energy (DEC), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), and OPAL Fuels (OPAL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Enerflex has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Enerflex had 26 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Enerflex and 3 mentions for Core Laboratories. Core Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Enerflex's score of 0.00 indicating that Core Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Core Laboratories has a net margin of 8.18% compared to Enerflex's net margin of -4.61%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 15.71% beat Enerflex's return on equity.
46.5% of Enerflex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Core Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enerflex. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerflex pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Enerflex pays out -7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Core Laboratories pays out 4.5% 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. Enerflex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Enerflex presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 115.69%. Core Laboratories has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.52%. Given Enerflex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Core Laboratories.
Core Laboratories received 466 more outperform votes than Enerflex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.18% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote while only 18.75% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote.
Summary
Core Laboratories beats Enerflex on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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