NESR vs. LBRT, BKV, SOC, MNR, SDRL, TALO, KRP, ACDC, ARIS, and HPK
Should you be buying National Energy Services Reunited stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Energy Services Reunited include Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), Sable Offshore (SOC), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), Seadrill (SDRL), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty (KRP), ProFrac (ACDC), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), and HighPeak Energy (HPK). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
National Energy Services Reunited vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 15 more articles in the media than National Energy Services Reunited. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Liberty Energy and 7 mentions for National Energy Services Reunited. National Energy Services Reunited's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Liberty Energy's score of 0.17 indicating that National Energy Services Reunited is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty Energy currently has a consensus price target of $17.23, suggesting a potential upside of 40.80%. National Energy Services Reunited has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.64%. Given National Energy Services Reunited's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Energy Services Reunited is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than National Energy Services Reunited. National Energy Services Reunited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 6.03% compared to National Energy Services Reunited's net margin of 5.87%. National Energy Services Reunited's return on equity of 10.96% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats National Energy Services Reunited on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NESR) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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