Flowco (FLOC) Competitors

Flowco (NYSE:FLOC) and ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is FLOC or CHX a better dividend stock?

Flowco pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. ChampionX pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Flowco pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ChampionX pays out 25.2% 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. ChampionX has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Flowco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend FLOC or CHX?

Flowco presently has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 83.18%. ChampionX has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.98%. Given Flowco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flowco is more favorable than ChampionX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
ChampionX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FLOC or CHX?

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ChampionX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FLOC or CHX?

In the previous week, Flowco had 18 more articles in the media than ChampionX. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Flowco and 0 mentions for ChampionX. Flowco's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat ChampionX's score of 0.00 indicating that Flowco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Flowco	Neutral
ChampionX	Neutral

Is FLOC or CHX more profitable?

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Flowco's net margin of 0.00%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.25% beat Flowco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowco	N/A	N/A	N/A
ChampionX	8.20%	19.25%	10.25%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FLOC or CHX?

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Flowco. Flowco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, 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
Flowco	$760.92M	1.91	$80.25M	$1.84	8.72
ChampionX	$3.63B	1.36	$320.27M	$1.51	17.09

Summary

Flowco beats ChampionX on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.