NINE vs. KLXE, NCSM, RCON, ENSV, SLB, HAL, LBRT, OII, XPRO, and HLX
Should you be buying Nine Energy Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nine Energy Service include KLX Energy Services (KLXE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Recon Technology (RCON), Enservco (ENSV), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Oceaneering International (OII), Expro Group (XPRO), and Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) and Nine Energy Service (NYSE:NINE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
KLX Energy Services has a net margin of -4.13% compared to Nine Energy Service's net margin of -8.17%. Nine Energy Service's return on equity of 0.00% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
KLX Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 27.65%. Given KLX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Nine Energy Service.
In the previous week, Nine Energy Service had 1 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Nine Energy Service and 0 mentions for KLX Energy Services. Nine Energy Service's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat KLX Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Nine Energy Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KLX Energy Services received 60 more outperform votes than Nine Energy Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.73% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Nine Energy Service an outperform vote.
KLX Energy Services has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nine Energy Service has a beta of 3.29, meaning that its share price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Nine Energy Service. KLX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nine Energy Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
KLX Energy Services beats Nine Energy Service on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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