KLXE vs. NINE, TUSK, NCSM, NGS, RNGR, CCLP, SOL, LGO, PHX, and GIFI
Should you be buying KLX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLX Energy Services include Nine Energy Service (NINE), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), CSI Compressco (CCLP), Emeren Group (SOL), Largo (LGO), PHX Minerals (PHX), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) and Nine Energy Service (NYSE:NINE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
KLX Energy Services received 59 more outperform votes than Nine Energy Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.35% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Nine Energy Service an outperform vote.
KLX Energy Services has a net margin of 2.16% compared to Nine Energy Service's net margin of -5.28%. KLX Energy Services' return on equity of 62.68% beat Nine Energy Service's return on equity.
KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nine Energy Service has a beta of 3.41, suggesting that its share price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KLX Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.11%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Nine Energy Service.
In the previous week, Nine Energy Service had 14 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Nine Energy Service and 5 mentions for KLX Energy Services. Nine Energy Service's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat KLX Energy Services' score of 0.25 indicating that Nine Energy Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
41.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Nine Energy Service. Nine Energy Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KLX Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
KLX Energy Services beats Nine Energy Service on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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