FTI vs. HAL, NOV, TDW, OII, HLX, RES, NR, DRQ, TTI, and OIS
Should you be buying TechnipFMC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TechnipFMC include Halliburton (HAL), NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and Oil States International (OIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of TechnipFMC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TechnipFMC currently has a consensus price target of $28.62, suggesting a potential downside of 0.86%. Halliburton has a consensus price target of $45.53, suggesting a potential upside of 32.35%. Given Halliburton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. TechnipFMC pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 23.5% 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. Halliburton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Halliburton received 1231 more outperform votes than TechnipFMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.60% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Halliburton had 42 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Halliburton and 28 mentions for TechnipFMC. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Halliburton's score of 0.05 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Halliburton has a net margin of 11.61% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 2.61%. Halliburton's return on equity of 29.97% beat TechnipFMC's return on equity.
TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Halliburton has higher revenue and earnings than TechnipFMC. Halliburton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Halliburton beats TechnipFMC on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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