NOV (NOV) Competitors

NOV (NYSE:NOV) and Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is NOV or HAL a better dividend stock?

NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Halliburton pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NOV pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Halliburton pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NOV or HAL?

Halliburton received 874 more outperform votes than NOV when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.41% of users gave Halliburton an outperform vote while only 61.91% of users gave NOV an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NOV	Outperform Votes 1076 61.91%	Underperform Votes 662 38.09%
Halliburton	Outperform Votes 1950 80.41%	Underperform Votes 475 19.59%

Does the media favor NOV or HAL?

In the previous week, NOV had 3 more articles in the media than Halliburton. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for NOV and 41 mentions for Halliburton. NOV's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Halliburton's score of 0.37 indicating that NOV is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NOV	13 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Halliburton	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer NOV or HAL?

NOV currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.45%. Halliburton has a consensus target price of $34.68, suggesting a potential upside of 74.22%. Given Halliburton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Halliburton is more favorable than NOV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NOV	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26
Halliburton	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, NOV or HAL?

NOV has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halliburton has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NOV or HAL?

93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Halliburton shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Halliburton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NOV or HAL more profitable?

Halliburton has a net margin of 10.90% compared to NOV's net margin of 7.16%. Halliburton's return on equity of 26.03% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NOV	7.16%	9.88%	5.60%
Halliburton	10.90%	26.03%	10.50%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NOV or HAL?

Halliburton has higher revenue and earnings than NOV. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Halliburton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NOV	$8.87B	0.51	$635M	$1.61	7.38
Halliburton	$22.56B	0.76	$2.50B	$2.39	8.33

Summary

Halliburton beats NOV on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.