OII vs. HLX, RES, XPRO, ACDC, PFHC, LBRT, PUMP, NESR, CLB, and TGS
Should you be buying Oceaneering International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oceaneering International include Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Expro Group (XPRO), ProFrac (ACDC), ProFrac (PFHC), Liberty Energy (LBRT), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), and Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Oceaneering International presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.36%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus target price of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.93%. Given Helix Energy Solutions Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Oceaneering International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.02% compared to Helix Energy Solutions Group's net margin of -0.84%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 14.00% beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Oceaneering International had 2 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Oceaneering International and 3 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Oceaneering International's score of 0.30 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oceaneering International received 57 more outperform votes than Helix Energy Solutions Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
Summary
Oceaneering International beats Helix Energy Solutions Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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