FET vs. NGS, GEOS, FTK, SMLP, PHX, MMLP, EGY, MTR, BROGW, and CHKEZ
Should you be buying Forum Energy Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forum Energy Technologies include Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Flotek Industries (FTK), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), PHX Minerals (PHX), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR), Brooge Energy (BROGW), and Chesapeake Energy (CHKEZ).
Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) and Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group and Natural Gas Services Group both had 1 articles in the media. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Forum Energy Technologies' score of 0.72 indicating that Forum Energy Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Natural Gas Services Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Forum Energy Technologies received 162 more outperform votes than Natural Gas Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.41% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote while only 53.46% of users gave Forum Energy Technologies an outperform vote.
Natural Gas Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.30%. Given Forum Energy Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than Forum Energy Technologies.
Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Natural Gas Services Group's net margin of -2.56%. Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity of 2.37% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.
Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats Forum Energy Technologies on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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