HLX vs. NOV, TDW, OII, RES, NR, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, and FET
Should you be buying Helix Energy Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helix Energy Solutions Group include NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), and Forum Energy Technologies (FET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
NOV (NYSE:NOV) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, NOV had 25 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for NOV and 6 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. NOV's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NOV currently has a consensus target price of $24.07, indicating a potential upside of 21.14%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus target price of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.04%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than NOV.
NOV received 615 more outperform votes than Helix Energy Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote.
NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NOV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NOV has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.45, suggesting that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NOV has a net margin of 11.88% compared to NOV's net margin of -0.49%. Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity of 11.15% beat NOV's return on equity.
Summary
NOV beats Helix Energy Solutions Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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