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NGS vs. RES, HLX, TTI, OIS, FET, GIFI, DWSN, GEOS, 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), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Schlumberger (SLB), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Natural Gas Services Group vs. Its Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Natural Gas Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.22%. RPC has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.76%. Given Natural Gas Services Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than RPC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Natural Gas Services Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
RPC
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Natural Gas Services GroupOutperform Votes
274
57.32%
Underperform Votes
204
42.68%
RPCOutperform Votes
402
54.25%
Underperform Votes
339
45.75%

In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group had 5 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group and 0 mentions for RPC. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat RPC's score of 1.00 indicating that Natural Gas Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Natural Gas Services Group Positive
RPC Positive

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Natural Gas Services Group$161.22M2.10$17.23M$1.3520.02
RPC$1.42B0.80$91.44M$0.3614.29

Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 10.53% compared to RPC's net margin of 5.55%. RPC's return on equity of 7.08% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Natural Gas Services Group10.53% 6.99% 3.57%
RPC 5.55%7.08%5.64%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Natural Gas Services Group beats RPC on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NGS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NGS vs. The Competition

MetricNatural Gas Services GroupOIL FLD MCH&EQP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$337.43M$1.02B$7.80B$19.71B
Dividend YieldN/A4.31%10.92%3.83%
P/E Ratio20.0216.3155.0726.97
Price / Sales2.101.1723,588.5932.66
Price / Cash6.725.4136.1221.28
Price / Book1.321.073.294.38
Net Income$17.23M$73.50M$4.19B$986.75M
7 Day Performance5.27%2.81%1.46%0.06%
1 Month Performance12.61%9.31%9.78%3.19%
1 Year Performance42.96%14.94%15.79%10.11%

Natural Gas Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
2.892 of 5 stars
$27.03
-1.3%
$32.50
+20.2%
+43.0%$337.43M$161.22M20.02250Positive News
RES
RPC
3.1178 of 5 stars
$5.06
-0.3%
$5.75
+13.7%
-16.1%$1.12B$1.37B11.762,730Positive News
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
3.8738 of 5 stars
$7.12
-0.2%
$12.50
+75.6%
-31.8%$1.08B$1.34B177.992,280
TTI
TETRA Technologies
4.2543 of 5 stars
$3.56
+2.2%
$5.25
+47.7%
+16.3%$473.08M$605.28M177.841,300
OIS
Oil States International
3.7429 of 5 stars
$5.42
+2.5%
$6.17
+13.7%
+30.6%$335.58M$685.26M-16.442,740News Coverage
Positive News
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
0.9659 of 5 stars
$19.70
+1.2%
N/A+17.5%$243.70M$807.31M-1.791,500
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
N/A$6.90
+1.5%
N/A+11.5%$111.95M$156.59M6.57960
DWSN
Dawson Geophysical
0.2085 of 5 stars
$2.90
+111.7%
N/A+4.6%$89.85M$58.65M-16.11190Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.2759 of 5 stars
$6.89
+0.1%
N/A+29.1%$88.24M$116.54M-8.30650News Coverage
Gap Up
SLB
Schlumberger
4.8433 of 5 stars
$35.90
-1.1%
$52.38
+45.9%
-21.6%$48.84B$36.07B11.5499,000News Coverage
Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8953 of 5 stars
$22.94
-1.1%
$33.58
+46.4%
-33.8%$19.72B$22.56B8.1145,000Trending News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:NGS) was last updated on 6/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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