METC vs. NBR, DRQ, NPWR, EFXT, VTS, NGL, SOC, DEC, BRY, and NR
Should you be buying Ramaco Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ramaco Resources include Nabors Industries (NBR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), NET Power (NPWR), Enerflex (EFXT), Vitesse Energy (VTS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Sable Offshore (SOC), Diversified Energy (DEC), Berry (BRY), and Newpark Resources (NR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) and Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ:METC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.0% of Ramaco Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ramaco Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Nabors Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ramaco Resources and 3 mentions for Nabors Industries. Ramaco Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Nabors Industries' score of -0.16 indicating that Nabors Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nabors Industries has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ramaco Resources has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nabors Industries received 572 more outperform votes than Ramaco Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.46% of users gave Ramaco Resources an outperform vote while only 61.82% of users gave Nabors Industries an outperform vote.
Ramaco Resources has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Ramaco Resources' net margin of -0.66%. Nabors Industries' return on equity of 24.28% beat Ramaco Resources' return on equity.
Ramaco Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nabors Industries. Nabors Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ramaco Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nabors Industries presently has a consensus price target of $129.60, indicating a potential upside of 68.77%. Ramaco Resources has a consensus price target of $17.90, indicating a potential upside of 20.54%. Given Ramaco Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nabors Industries is more favorable than Ramaco Resources.
Summary
Ramaco Resources beats Nabors Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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