Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK) Competitors

Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) and Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Is CLB or TUSK a better dividend stock?

Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Mammoth Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.9%. Core Laboratories pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mammoth Energy Services pays out -12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mammoth Energy Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CLB or TUSK?

Core Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Mammoth Energy Services. Mammoth Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Laboratories, 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
Core Laboratories	$517.80M	1.10	$31.40M	$0.59	20.61
Mammoth Energy Services	$207.21M	0.65	-$3.16M	-$4.08	-0.68

Which has more risk & volatility, CLB or TUSK?

Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLB or TUSK?

Core Laboratories received 183 more outperform votes than Mammoth Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.29% of users gave Mammoth Energy Services an outperform vote while only 54.28% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Core Laboratories	Outperform Votes 469 54.28%	Underperform Votes 395 45.72%
Mammoth Energy Services	Outperform Votes 286 67.29%	Underperform Votes 139 32.71%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CLB or TUSK?

97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned 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.

Do analysts rate CLB or TUSK?

Core Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.36%. Given Core Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Core Laboratories is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Laboratories	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Mammoth Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to CLB or TUSK?

In the previous week, Core Laboratories and Core Laboratories both had 1 articles in the media. Mammoth Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Core Laboratories' score of 1.50 indicating that Mammoth Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Core Laboratories	Positive
Mammoth Energy Services	Very Positive

Is CLB or TUSK more profitable?

Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Mammoth Energy Services' net margin of -105.49%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 16.24% beat Mammoth Energy Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Laboratories	5.99%	16.24%	6.82%
Mammoth Energy Services	-105.49%	-53.85%	-35.56%

Summary

Core Laboratories beats Mammoth Energy Services on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.