WFRD vs. FTI, WHD, BKR, MUSA, RRC, YPF, SWN, HESM, MTDR, and AR
Should you be buying Weatherford International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weatherford International include TechnipFMC (FTI), Cactus (WHD), Baker Hughes (BKR), Murphy USA (MUSA), Range Resources (RRC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
97.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Weatherford International has a net margin of 8.61% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 0.72%. Weatherford International's return on equity of 52.88% beat TechnipFMC's return on equity.
Weatherford International presently has a consensus price target of $136.89, suggesting a potential upside of 9.94%. TechnipFMC has a consensus price target of $25.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.84%. Given Weatherford International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
Weatherford International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TechnipFMC. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TechnipFMC received 648 more outperform votes than Weatherford International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Weatherford International an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Weatherford International has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TechnipFMC had 9 more articles in the media than Weatherford International. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for TechnipFMC and 23 mentions for Weatherford International. Weatherford International's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat TechnipFMC's score of 0.74 indicating that Weatherford International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Weatherford International beats TechnipFMC on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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