NGS vs. RES, HLX, TTI, OIS, FET, GIFI, GEOS, DWSN, SLB, and HAL
Should you be buying Natural Gas Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Gas Services Group include RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Schlumberger (SLB), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Natural Gas Services Group vs.
Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 10.55% compared to RPC's net margin of 6.46%. RPC's return on equity of 8.62% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.
RPC received 128 more outperform votes than Natural Gas Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.32% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Gas Services Group. RPC 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.
In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group and Natural Gas Services Group both had 2 articles in the media. RPC's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Natural Gas Services Group's score of 1.21 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Natural Gas Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.29%. RPC has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Natural Gas Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than RPC.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats RPC on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NGS) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
