Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI) Competitors $6.76 -0.03 (-0.44%) Closing price 08/29/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.55 -0.21 (-3.11%) As of 04:12 AM 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock GIFI vs. NGS, OIS, FET, GEOS, DWSN, SLB, HAL, FTI, NOV, and TDWShould you be buying Gulf Island Fabrication stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Island Fabrication include Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), TechnipFMC (FTI), NOV (NOV), and Tidewater (TDW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry. Gulf Island Fabrication vs. Its Competitors Natural Gas Services Group Oil States International Forum Energy Technologies Geospace Technologies Dawson Geophysical Schlumberger Halliburton TechnipFMC NOV Tidewater Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk. Which has more volatility and risk, GIFI or NGS? Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor GIFI or NGS? In the previous week, Gulf Island Fabrication had 1 more articles in the media than Natural Gas Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication and 1 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Gulf Island Fabrication's score of 1.23 indicating that Natural Gas Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Gulf Island Fabrication 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Natural Gas Services Group 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is GIFI or NGS more profitable? Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 10.92% compared to Gulf Island Fabrication's net margin of 6.45%. Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity of 12.59% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Gulf Island Fabrication6.45% 12.59% 8.72% Natural Gas Services Group 10.92%7.21%3.69% Do insiders & institutionals believe in GIFI or NGS? 46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GIFI or NGS? Natural Gas Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gulf Island Fabrication. Gulf Island Fabrication is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGulf Island Fabrication$159.20M0.68$14.74M$0.5911.46Natural Gas Services Group$156.74M2.09$17.23M$1.4218.43 Do analysts recommend GIFI or NGS? Natural Gas Services Group has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.16%. Given Natural Gas Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than Gulf Island Fabrication.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Gulf Island Fabrication 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Natural Gas Services Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.50 SummaryNatural Gas Services Group beats Gulf Island Fabrication on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Gulf Island Fabrication News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GIFI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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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 GIFI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGulf Island FabricationOIL FLD MCH&EQP IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$108.39M$1.04B$7.82B$9.76BDividend YieldN/A3.99%10.75%4.48%P/E Ratio11.4613.7166.9626.57Price / Sales0.681.18554.30112.35Price / Cash5.645.7535.4128.92Price / Book1.191.124.026.08Net Income$14.74M$71.59M$4.28B$265.84M7 Day Performance1.65%1.44%1.28%-0.10%1 Month Performance-1.60%7.33%4.60%5.86%1 Year Performance14.58%8.10%12.22%18.11% Gulf Island Fabrication Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GIFIGulf Island Fabrication2.5061 of 5 stars$6.76-0.4%N/A+14.6%$108.39M$159.20M11.46960NGSNatural Gas Services Group3.8853 of 5 stars$25.16-5.7%$32.50+29.2%+19.4%$334.63M$156.74M17.72250Positive NewsOISOil States International4.3748 of 5 stars$5.46+0.1%$7.25+32.9%+5.6%$330.23M$692.59M49.602,439Positive NewsFETForum Energy Technologies1.0797 of 5 stars$25.01+1.7%N/A+52.1%$292.82M$816.40M-2.811,800Positive NewsGEOSGeospace Technologies0.2518 of 5 stars$18.45-5.3%N/A+92.1%$249.88M$135.60M-17.41650Positive NewsDWSNDawson Geophysical0.2719 of 5 stars$1.52-0.7%N/A+6.5%$47.50M$74.15M-5.85190SLBSchlumberger4.9513 of 5 stars$35.67+0.2%$52.86+48.2%-16.2%$48.12B$36.29B12.22110,000Positive NewsHALHalliburton4.9284 of 5 stars$22.35+0.4%$32.05+43.4%-26.8%$18.99B$22.23B10.4448,000Positive NewsFTITechnipFMC3.9363 of 5 stars$36.47+1.0%$38.92+6.7%+37.0%$14.85B$9.48B17.2025,304Positive NewsNOVNOV4.5648 of 5 stars$13.16+0.5%$16.56+25.9%-25.2%$4.86B$8.87B10.7934,010Positive NewsTDWTidewater4.2752 of 5 stars$59.76-1.8%$69.00+15.5%-32.1%$3.01B$1.35B15.487,700Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Natural Gas Services Group Competitors Oil States International Competitors Forum Energy Technologies Competitors Geospace Technologies Competitors Dawson Geophysical Competitors Schlumberger Competitors Halliburton Competitors TechnipFMC Competitors NOV Competitors Tidewater 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:GIFI) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe day and month stocks are most likely to crash nextGood News for Stocks 50-year Wall Street veteran, Marc Chaikin is stepping forward to share why history giv...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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