Dawson Geophysical (DWSN) Competitors $1.42 -0.02 (-1.05%) Closing price 07/3/2025 03:51 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.42 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07/3/2025 04:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DWSN vs. GIFI, SLB, HAL, FTI, NOV, TDW, OII, RES, HLX, and TTIShould you be buying Dawson Geophysical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dawson Geophysical include Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), and Tetra Technologies (TTI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry. Dawson Geophysical vs. Its Competitors Gulf Island Fabrication Schlumberger Halliburton TechnipFMC NOV Tidewater Oceaneering International RPC Helix Energy Solutions Group Tetra Technologies Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) and Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations. Which has more risk & volatility, DWSN or GIFI? Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings and valuation, DWSN or GIFI? Gulf Island Fabrication has higher revenue and earnings than Dawson Geophysical. Dawson Geophysical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Island Fabrication, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDawson Geophysical$58.65M0.75-$4.12M-$0.30-4.72Gulf Island Fabrication$159.20M0.69$14.74M$0.749.19 Does the media refer more to DWSN or GIFI? In the previous week, Gulf Island Fabrication had 2 more articles in the media than Dawson Geophysical. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication and 0 mentions for Dawson Geophysical. Gulf Island Fabrication's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Dawson Geophysical's score of 0.00 indicating that Gulf Island Fabrication is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Dawson Geophysical Neutral Gulf Island Fabrication Positive Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DWSN or GIFI? 7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is DWSN or GIFI more profitable? Gulf Island Fabrication has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Dawson Geophysical's net margin of -15.30%. Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity of 13.50% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Dawson Geophysical-15.30% -46.25% -26.52% Gulf Island Fabrication 7.87%13.50%9.21% SummaryGulf Island Fabrication beats Dawson Geophysical on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Dawson Geophysical News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DWSN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DWSN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart DWSN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDawson GeophysicalOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$43.84M$5.26B$7.59B$9.02BDividend YieldN/A2.95%10.91%4.10%P/E Ratio-4.729.9156.9820.28Price / Sales0.754.0621,955.49121.46Price / Cash27.407.5736.2057.47Price / Book2.531.763.325.68Net Income-$4.12M$397.37M$4.20B$248.96M7 Day Performance-9.29%1.86%1.88%3.30%1 Month Performance10.44%8.54%5.62%5.20%1 Year Performance-26.68%-2.51%104.13%21.37% Dawson Geophysical Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DWSNDawson Geophysical0.2847 of 5 stars$1.42-1.0%N/A-26.7%$43.84M$58.65M-4.72190Gap UpGIFIGulf Island Fabrication1.5183 of 5 stars$6.65-2.1%N/A+7.6%$110.16M$159.20M8.99960SLBSchlumberger4.964 of 5 stars$33.83-0.5%$51.68+52.8%-24.7%$46.26B$36.29B11.47110,000Analyst ForecastHALHalliburton4.8718 of 5 stars$20.37-1.0%$33.58+64.8%-36.4%$17.68B$22.94B8.5245,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionFTITechnipFMC2.9242 of 5 stars$34.45-0.3%$36.46+5.8%+32.9%$14.48B$9.08B18.1325,304Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNOVNOV4.8247 of 5 stars$12.45-2.2%$17.44+40.1%-27.0%$4.78B$8.87B8.3034,010Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionTDWTidewater4.4931 of 5 stars$46.29-1.1%$69.33+49.8%-49.5%$2.32B$1.35B13.867,700OIIOceaneering International3.4233 of 5 stars$20.73-0.6%$28.00+35.1%-11.4%$2.10B$2.66B11.6510,400RESRPC3.1272 of 5 stars$4.73-0.4%$5.75+21.6%-16.7%$1.05B$1.42B13.142,597HLXHelix Energy Solutions Group4.7288 of 5 stars$6.24-0.6%$12.50+100.3%-45.9%$951.61M$1.36B11.352,313News CoveragePositive NewsTTITetra Technologies4.6096 of 5 stars$3.37-4.5%$5.25+55.8%+0.4%$469.75M$599.11M4.011,400Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GIFI Competitors SLB Competitors HAL Competitors FTI Competitors NOV Competitors TDW Competitors OII Competitors RES Competitors HLX Competitors TTI Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:DWSN) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.”A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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