WFRD vs. CHRD, CHX, BTE, HAL, HLX, NE, NOV, PR, SLB, and VTLE
Should you be buying Weatherford International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weatherford International include Chord Energy (CHRD), ChampionX (CHX), Baytex Energy (BTE), Halliburton (HAL), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Noble (NE), NOV (NOV), Permian Resources (PR), Schlumberger (SLB), and Vital Energy (VTLE).
Weatherford International vs. Its Competitors
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Chord Energy has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Weatherford International's net margin of 8.79%. Weatherford International's return on equity of 35.88% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.
Chord Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Weatherford International. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weatherford International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weatherford International has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Weatherford International pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weatherford International pays out 16.0% 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. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Weatherford International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Chord Energy and 7 mentions for Weatherford International. Weatherford International's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that Weatherford International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chord Energy presently has a consensus price target of $151.08, suggesting a potential upside of 38.36%. Weatherford International has a consensus price target of $96.63, suggesting a potential upside of 66.17%. Given Weatherford International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than Chord Energy.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Weatherford International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Weatherford International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Weatherford International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:WFRD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
