KLXE vs. NCSM, MVO, PED, PVL, VOC, PRT, USEG, INDO, BATL, and NINE
Should you be buying KLX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLX Energy Services include NCS Multistage (NCSM), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PEDEVCO (PED), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Battalion Oil (BATL), and Nine Energy Service (NINE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
KLX Energy Services vs.
NCS Multistage (NASDAQ:NCSM) and KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
70.9% of NCS Multistage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of NCS Multistage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NCS Multistage has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLX Energy Services has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NCS Multistage had 2 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NCS Multistage and 1 mentions for KLX Energy Services. NCS Multistage's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat KLX Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that NCS Multistage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NCS Multistage received 130 more outperform votes than KLX Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.77% of users gave NCS Multistage an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than NCS Multistage. KLX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NCS Multistage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NCS Multistage has a net margin of 27.99% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -6.45%. NCS Multistage's return on equity of 2.60% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
KLX Energy Services has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 112.26%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than NCS Multistage.
Summary
NCS Multistage beats KLX Energy Services on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KLXE) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
