Oceaneering International (OII) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, OII or NOV?

Oceaneering International has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OII or NOV?

NOV received 572 more outperform votes than Oceaneering International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.93% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oceaneering International	Outperform Votes 505 56.87%	Underperform Votes 383 43.13%
NOV	Outperform Votes 1077 61.93%	Underperform Votes 662 38.07%

Does the media prefer OII or NOV?

In the previous week, NOV had 21 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for NOV and 10 mentions for Oceaneering International. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat NOV's score of 0.59 indicating that Oceaneering International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oceaneering International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NOV	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OII or NOV a better dividend stock?

Oceaneering International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Oceaneering International pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NOV pays out 20.0% 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. NOV has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate OII or NOV?

Oceaneering International currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.29%. NOV has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.33%. Given Oceaneering International's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Oceaneering International is more favorable than NOV.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oceaneering International	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
NOV	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OII or NOV?

93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Oceaneering International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of NOV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is OII or NOV more profitable?

NOV has a net margin of 7.16% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 5.54%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 17.29% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oceaneering International	5.54%	17.29%	5.08%
NOV	7.16%	9.88%	5.60%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OII or NOV?

NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Oceaneering International. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, 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
Oceaneering International	$2.74B	0.70	$97.40M	$1.78	10.68
NOV	$8.82B	0.52	$635M	$1.50	8.20

Summary

NOV beats Oceaneering International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.