OII vs. RES, HLX, PFHC, NEX, ACDC, XPRO, LBRT, CLB, PUMP, and WTTR
Should you be buying Oceaneering International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oceaneering International include RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (PFHC), NexTier Oilfield Solutions (NEX), ProFrac (ACDC), Expro Group (XPRO), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Core Laboratories (CLB), ProPetro (PUMP), and Select Energy Services (WTTR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Oceaneering International vs.
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Oceaneering International received 96 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.88% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
RPC has a net margin of 13.63% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 1.26%. RPC's return on equity of 29.45% beat Oceaneering International's return on equity.
Oceaneering International currently has a consensus target price of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. RPC has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 218.50%. Given RPC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RPC is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
In the previous week, Oceaneering International had 1 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Oceaneering International and 5 mentions for RPC. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat RPC's score of 0.17 indicating that Oceaneering International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Oceaneering International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.9% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Oceaneering International. RPC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Oceaneering International beats RPC on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OII and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Oceaneering International Competitors List
