CLB vs. PUMP, NESR, PFHC, ACDC, NGS, RNGR, RES, HLX, XPRO, and OII
Should you be buying Core Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Laboratories include ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), ProFrac (PFHC), ProFrac (ACDC), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Expro Group (XPRO), and Oceaneering International (OII). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of ProPetro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ProPetro has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ProPetro had 14 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for ProPetro and 3 mentions for Core Laboratories. ProPetro's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Core Laboratories' score of 0.90 indicating that Core Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Core Laboratories received 320 more outperform votes than ProPetro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.84% of users gave ProPetro an outperform vote while only 55.18% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.
ProPetro presently has a consensus target price of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 42.60%. Core Laboratories has a consensus target price of $18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. Given Core Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Core Laboratories.
ProPetro has higher revenue and earnings than Core Laboratories. ProPetro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Core Laboratories has a net margin of 8.18% compared to Core Laboratories' net margin of 4.76%. ProPetro's return on equity of 15.71% beat Core Laboratories' return on equity.
Summary
Core Laboratories beats ProPetro on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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