National Energy Services Reunited (NESR) Competitors

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RIG or NESR?

67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RIG or NESR?

Transocean received 761 more outperform votes than National Energy Services Reunited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.06% of users gave National Energy Services Reunited an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.45%	Underperform Votes 872 48.55%
National Energy Services Reunited	Outperform Votes 163 59.06%	Underperform Votes 113 40.94%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RIG or NESR?

National Energy Services Reunited has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Energy Services Reunited, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Transocean	$3.67B	0.77	-$954M	-$0.95	-3.38
National Energy Services Reunited	$1.31B	0.45	$12.58M	$0.81	7.49

Which has more volatility and risk, RIG or NESR?

Transocean has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RIG or NESR more profitable?

National Energy Services Reunited has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. National Energy Services Reunited's return on equity of 0.00% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%
National Energy Services Reunited	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor RIG or NESR?

In the previous week, Transocean had 8 more articles in the media than National Energy Services Reunited. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Transocean and 5 mentions for National Energy Services Reunited. National Energy Services Reunited's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Transocean's score of 0.56 indicating that National Energy Services Reunited is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transocean	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Energy Services Reunited	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RIG or NESR?

Transocean presently has a consensus target price of $4.58, suggesting a potential upside of 42.68%. National Energy Services Reunited has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 147.12%. Given National Energy Services Reunited's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Energy Services Reunited is more favorable than Transocean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
National Energy Services Reunited	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

National Energy Services Reunited beats Transocean on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.