KLXE vs. TUSK, NINE, NCSM, RNGR, NGS, CCLP, PHX, PROP, EPSN, and GIFI
Should you be buying KLX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLX Energy Services include Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Nine Energy Service (NINE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), CSI Compressco (CCLP), PHX Minerals (PHX), Prairie Operating (PROP), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK) and KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Mammoth Energy Services received 212 more outperform votes than KLX Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.86% of users gave Mammoth Energy Services an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote.
KLX Energy Services has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.10%. Given Mammoth Energy Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.
In the previous week, Mammoth Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mammoth Energy Services and 1 mentions for KLX Energy Services. Mammoth Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat KLX Energy Services' score of 0.52 indicating that KLX Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KLX Energy Services has a net margin of 2.16% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -1.02%. Mammoth Energy Services' return on equity of 62.68% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Mammoth Energy Services. Mammoth Energy Services 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 Mammoth Energy Services on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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