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Oceaneering International (OII) Competitors

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$17.75 -0.75 (-4.05%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

OII vs. NOV, TDW, RES, HLX, TTI, NGS, OIS, FET, GIFI, and GEOS

Should you be buying Oceaneering International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oceaneering International include NOV (NOV), Tidewater (TDW), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Oil States International (OIS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Oceaneering International vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NOV$8.87B0.49$635M$1.617.19
Oceaneering International$2.74B0.65$97.40M$1.789.94

In the previous week, NOV had 13 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for NOV and 22 mentions for Oceaneering International. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat NOV's score of 0.57 indicating that Oceaneering International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NOV
12 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Oceaneering International
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NOV currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.90%. Oceaneering International has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.19%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NOV is more favorable than Oceaneering International.

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
Oceaneering International
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

NOV received 571 more outperform votes than Oceaneering International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.02% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NOVOutperform Votes
1076
62.02%
Underperform Votes
659
37.98%
Oceaneering InternationalOutperform Votes
505
56.87%
Underperform Votes
383
43.13%

NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Oceaneering International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NOV pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oceaneering International pays out 33.7% 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 a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
NOV7.16% 9.88% 5.60%
Oceaneering International 5.54%17.29%5.08%

Summary

NOV beats Oceaneering International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OII vs. The Competition

MetricOceaneering InternationalOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$3.09B$6.97B$18.81B
Dividend YieldN/A2.70%10.61%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.2921.1049.1532.47
Price / Sales0.650.9523,983.4727.71
Price / Cash13.017.4435.5017.53
Price / Book2.481.093.464.44
Net Income$97.40M$288.76M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.48%-0.15%0.07%1.74%
1 Month Performance-18.05%-15.81%-6.05%-3.34%
1 Year Performance-22.77%-20.62%158.36%4.94%

Oceaneering International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OII
Oceaneering International
3.2741 of 5 stars
$17.75
-4.1%
$28.00
+57.7%
-22.6%$1.79B$2.74B12.339,200Analyst Forecast
Positive News
NOV
NOV
4.7686 of 5 stars
$12.31
-1.8%
$19.00
+54.3%
-37.1%$4.66B$8.87B7.6532,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
TDW
Tidewater
4.5909 of 5 stars
$33.25
-3.0%
$92.50
+178.2%
-60.7%$1.71B$1.35B9.786,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
RES
RPC
3.2081 of 5 stars
$4.95
-1.6%
$5.75
+16.2%
-29.7%$1.07B$1.41B11.512,730Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.286 of 5 stars
$6.55
-4.2%
$14.50
+121.4%
-43.3%$992.52M$1.36B163.792,280Positive News
Gap Down
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.907 of 5 stars
$2.36
-5.6%
$6.67
+182.5%
-33.6%$312.45M$599.11M118.061,300Earnings Report
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
1.8634 of 5 stars
$18.06
-7.3%
$32.00
+77.2%
-18.6%$225.88M$156.74M14.11250Short Interest ↑
Positive News
OIS
Oil States International
4.2155 of 5 stars
$3.41
-5.0%
$6.17
+80.8%
-11.8%$211.48M$692.59M-10.332,740
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
1.7077 of 5 stars
$14.76
-4.5%
N/A-21.3%$182.58M$816.43M-1.341,500News Coverage
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.6558 of 5 stars
$6.37
+0.6%
N/A+3.6%$103.73M$159.20M6.07960Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
1.014 of 5 stars
$5.95
-3.1%
N/A-47.0%$76.02M$122.79M-7.17650Upcoming Earnings

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