RES vs. HLX, OII, ACDC, PFHC, XPRO, PUMP, NESR, CLB, LBRT, and EE
Should you be buying RPC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPC include Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Oceaneering International (OII), ProFrac (ACDC), ProFrac (PFHC), Expro Group (XPRO), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Excelerate Energy (EE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, RPC had 3 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for RPC and 15 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC has a net margin of 9.95% compared to RPC's net margin of -2.39%. Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity of 15.02% beat RPC's return on equity.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 41 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of RPC 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.
Helix Energy Solutions Group currently has a consensus price target of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.56%. RPC has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.34%. Given RPC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than RPC.
Summary
Helix Energy Solutions Group and RPC tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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