Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI) Competitors

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GIFI vs. OIS, NGS, FET, GEOS, DWSN, SLB, HAL, FTI, NOV, and TDW

Should you be buying Gulf Island Fabrication stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Island Fabrication include Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), 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.

Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) and Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

Oil States International has higher revenue and earnings than Gulf Island Fabrication. Oil States International 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 Ratio
Oil States International$782.28M0.44$12.89M-$0.33-16.44
Gulf Island Fabrication$151.07M0.74-$24.40M$1.056.55

In the previous week, Oil States International had 1 more articles in the media than Gulf Island Fabrication. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Oil States International and 5 mentions for Gulf Island Fabrication. Gulf Island Fabrication's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Oil States International's score of 0.34 indicating that Gulf Island Fabrication is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Oil States International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gulf Island Fabrication
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Oil States International has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Island Fabrication has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gulf Island Fabrication has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Oil States International's net margin of -2.78%. Gulf Island Fabrication's return on equity of 20.64% beat Oil States International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Oil States International-2.78% 1.78% 1.22%
Gulf Island Fabrication 10.54%20.64%13.48%

97.4% of Oil States International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Gulf Island Fabrication shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Oil States International 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Oil States International currently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.77%. Given Oil States International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Oil States International is more favorable than Gulf Island Fabrication.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Oil States International
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Gulf Island Fabrication
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Oil States International received 270 more outperform votes than Gulf Island Fabrication when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.99% of users gave Gulf Island Fabrication an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Oil States International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Oil States InternationalOutperform Votes
464
57.50%
Underperform Votes
343
42.50%
Gulf Island FabricationOutperform Votes
194
65.99%
Underperform Votes
100
34.01%

Summary

Gulf Island Fabrication beats Oil States International on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GIFI vs. The Competition

MetricGulf Island FabricationFabricated structural metal products IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$112.49M$2.18B$9.02B$9.17B
Dividend YieldN/A0.46%11.72%3.99%
P/E Ratio6.5516.1910.4214.51
Price / Sales0.741.27287.2977.77
Price / CashN/A16.7211.9138.90
Price / Book1.422.714.165.05
Net Income-$24.40M$42.21M$901.73M$222.81M
7 Day Performance-1.43%-0.37%0.01%1.29%
1 Month Performance-2.13%19.69%-2.85%1.52%
1 Year Performance51.21%21.56%410.94%16.53%

Gulf Island Fabrication Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
2.0211 of 5 stars
$6.88
+0.3%
N/A+51.2%$112.49M$151.07M6.55960Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
OIS
Oil States International
3.8565 of 5 stars
$5.32
+4.4%
$6.50
+22.3%
-11.0%$335.43M$782.28M-16.112,752Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
1.4759 of 5 stars
$26.41
+3.2%
$26.50
+0.3%
+78.1%$329.91M$152.31M20.64250Positive News
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
2.1731 of 5 stars
$17.60
+1.3%
N/A-3.6%$216.10M$738.90M-4.161,600Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
1.2395 of 5 stars
$8.59
flat
N/A-23.9%$110.12M$122.79M-10.35650Short Interest ↓
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
N/A$1.38
+1.8%
N/A-5.3%$42.90M$96.85M-7.69190Short Interest ↓
SLB
Schlumberger
4.7592 of 5 stars
$41.19
+2.6%
$55.81
+35.5%
-14.1%$57.71B$36.29B13.25110,000Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.9581 of 5 stars
$25.98
+3.1%
$37.42
+44.1%
-25.9%$22.82B$22.94B9.1848,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.383 of 5 stars
$31.90
+3.6%
$36.15
+13.3%
+53.7%$13.57B$7.82B20.9825,027Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NOV
NOV
4.956 of 5 stars
$15.95
+2.1%
$19.53
+22.5%
-9.6%$6.21B$8.87B9.9133,676
TDW
Tidewater
4.6845 of 5 stars
$55.83
+3.9%
$92.50
+65.7%
-19.9%$2.92B$1.30B16.427,300

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This page (NASDAQ:GIFI) was last updated on 2/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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