OIS vs. FET, DRQ, SOI, PFIE, WTI, SKE, GFR, MTRX, SMXT, and FF
Should you be buying Oil States International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil States International include Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Profire Energy (PFIE), W&T Offshore (WTI), Skeena Resources (SKE), Greenfire Resources (GFR), Matrix Service (MTRX), Solarmax Technology (SMXT), and FutureFuel (FF). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) and Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil States International has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oil States International has higher revenue and earnings than Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oil States International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Forum Energy Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Oil States International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Forum Energy Technologies and 1 mentions for Oil States International. Forum Energy Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Oil States International's score of -1.00 indicating that Oil States International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oil States International has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 34.80%. Given Forum Energy Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oil States International is more favorable than Forum Energy Technologies.
Oil States International has a net margin of 1.65% compared to Oil States International's net margin of -2.56%. Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity of 2.20% beat Oil States International's return on equity.
Oil States International received 30 more outperform votes than Forum Energy Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Oil States International an outperform vote while only 53.40% of users gave Forum Energy Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Oil States International beats Forum Energy Technologies on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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