Oasis Midstream Partners (NYSE:OMP) and Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
14.0% of Oasis Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Oasis Midstream Partners has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nabors Industries has a beta of 3.21, meaning that its share price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Oasis Midstream Partners and Nabors Industries' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
|---|
| Oasis Midstream Partners | 25.88% | 16.51% | 9.02% |
| Nabors Industries | -33.01% | -20.73% | -6.32% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Oasis Midstream Partners and Nabors Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
|---|
| Oasis Midstream Partners | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.89 |
| Nabors Industries | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Oasis Midstream Partners presently has a consensus target price of $13.2857, indicating a potential upside of 62.62%. Nabors Industries has a consensus target price of $76.50, indicating a potential upside of 121.10%. Given Nabors Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nabors Industries is more favorable than Oasis Midstream Partners.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Oasis Midstream Partners and Nabors Industries' gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
|---|
| Oasis Midstream Partners | $271.62 million | 1.02 | $50.06 million | $1.82 | 4.49 |
| Nabors Industries | $3.05 billion | 0.08 | $-702,890,000.00 | ($66.00) | -0.52 |
Oasis Midstream Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nabors Industries. Nabors Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oasis Midstream Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Oasis Midstream Partners beats Nabors Industries on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
