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$1.47 -0.03 (-2.00%)
Closing price 07/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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DWSN vs. GEOS, GIFI, SLB, HAL, FTI, NOV, TDW, OII, RES, and HLX

Should you be buying Dawson Geophysical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dawson Geophysical include Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), and Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Dawson Geophysical vs. Its Competitors

Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) and Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ:GEOS) are both small-cap oil & gas equipment & services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Dawson Geophysical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Geospace Technologies. Geospace Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dawson Geophysical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dawson Geophysical$74.15M0.61-$4.12M-$0.30-4.90
Geospace Technologies$135.60M1.11-$6.58M-$1.28-9.21

In the previous week, Geospace Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Dawson Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Geospace Technologies and 2 mentions for Dawson Geophysical. Dawson Geophysical's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Geospace Technologies' score of 0.83 indicating that Dawson Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dawson Geophysical
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Geospace Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Geospace Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Geospace Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Geospace Technologies has a net margin of -14.03% compared to Dawson Geophysical's net margin of -15.30%. Geospace Technologies' return on equity of 0.69% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dawson Geophysical-15.30% -46.25% -26.52%
Geospace Technologies -14.03%0.69%0.62%

Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geospace Technologies has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Geospace Technologies beats Dawson Geophysical on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DWSN vs. The Competition

MetricDawson GeophysicalOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$46.48M$5.61B$7.78B$9.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.93%10.92%3.99%
P/E Ratio-4.9011.2966.3019.95
Price / Sales0.615.2741,654.33101.76
Price / Cash28.747.4936.2058.97
Price / Book2.631.774.045.90
Net Income-$4.12M$411.58M$4.25B$258.42M
7 Day Performance-2.65%5.82%1.42%2.12%
1 Month Performance-13.53%4.82%4.33%12.46%
1 Year Performance-22.63%1.47%14.02%19.56%

Dawson Geophysical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
0.2711 of 5 stars
$1.47
-2.0%
N/A-23.4%$46.48M$74.15M-4.90190
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.6775 of 5 stars
$11.31
+5.4%
N/A+26.8%$137.42M$135.60M-8.84650News Coverage
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.5325 of 5 stars
$7.12
+2.2%
N/A+9.5%$113.08M$159.20M9.42960
SLB
Schlumberger
4.8868 of 5 stars
$33.56
+0.7%
$49.28
+46.9%
-26.6%$45.32B$36.29B10.19110,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.8219 of 5 stars
$21.23
+0.0%
$32.83
+54.7%
-31.9%$18.24B$22.94B7.5048,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.1645 of 5 stars
$32.18
-1.7%
$37.31
+15.9%
+37.5%$13.73B$9.08B16.9425,304Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
NOV
NOV
4.7609 of 5 stars
$12.71
-1.7%
$17.31
+36.3%
-25.0%$4.85B$8.87B8.6134,010Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
TDW
Tidewater
4.8505 of 5 stars
$48.03
+0.2%
$69.33
+44.3%
-48.1%$2.37B$1.36B14.387,700Positive News
OII
Oceaneering International
3.0716 of 5 stars
$20.79
+1.5%
$28.00
+34.7%
-5.8%$2.06B$2.66B14.2210,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
RES
RPC
2.4475 of 5 stars
$4.68
-2.0%
$5.06
+8.3%
-16.6%$1.05B$1.42B13.252,597Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.7971 of 5 stars
$6.42
+1.0%
$12.50
+94.9%
-52.2%$962.22M$1.36B11.552,313News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:DWSN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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