Adams Resources & Energy (AE) Competitors

Adams Resources & Energy (NYSE:AE) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Does the media refer more to AE or FTK?

In the previous week, Flotek Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Adams Resources & Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Flotek Industries and 0 mentions for Adams Resources & Energy. Flotek Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Adams Resources & Energy's score of 0.99 indicating that Flotek Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adams Resources & Energy	Positive
Flotek Industries	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AE or FTK?

Flotek Industries received 272 more outperform votes than Adams Resources & Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Adams Resources & Energy an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Resources & Energy	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%
Flotek Industries	Outperform Votes 282 59.87%	Underperform Votes 189 40.13%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AE or FTK?

57.8% of Adams Resources & Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Adams Resources & Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Flotek Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AE or FTK?

Flotek Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Adams Resources & Energy. Adams Resources & Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, 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
Adams Resources & Energy	$2.85B	0.02	$210K	$0.67	41.07
Flotek Industries	$175.98M	0.83	$24.71M	$0.04	123.75

Which has more volatility & risk, AE or FTK?

Adams Resources & Energy has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AE or FTK?

Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 36.36%. Given Flotek Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Adams Resources & Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adams Resources & Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Flotek Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is AE or FTK more profitable?

Flotek Industries has a net margin of 3.94% compared to Adams Resources & Energy's net margin of -0.05%. Flotek Industries' return on equity of 6.73% beat Adams Resources & Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Resources & Energy	-0.05%	-5.43%	-1.31%
Flotek Industries	3.94%	6.73%	4.46%

Summary

Flotek Industries beats Adams Resources & Energy on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.