ProPetro (PUMP) Competitors

Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the media favor RIG or PUMP?

In the previous week, Transocean had 6 more articles in the media than ProPetro. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Transocean and 6 mentions for ProPetro. ProPetro's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Transocean's score of 0.53 indicating that ProPetro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transocean	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ProPetro	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RIG or PUMP?

67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Transocean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of ProPetro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RIG or PUMP?

ProPetro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. ProPetro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transocean, 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
Transocean	$3.67B	0.59	-$954M	-$0.95	-2.58
ProPetro	$1.40B	0.41	$85.63M	-$1.43	-3.84

Which has more volatility and risk, RIG or PUMP?

Transocean has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RIG or PUMP?

Transocean currently has a consensus price target of $4.58, indicating a potential upside of 86.56%. ProPetro has a consensus price target of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 91.08%. Given ProPetro's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Transocean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
ProPetro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RIG or PUMP?

Transocean received 769 more outperform votes than ProPetro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.85% of users gave ProPetro an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.45%	Underperform Votes 872 48.55%
ProPetro	Outperform Votes 155 59.85%	Underperform Votes 104 40.15%

Is RIG or PUMP more profitable?

ProPetro has a net margin of -9.55% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. ProPetro's return on equity of 3.20% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%
ProPetro	-9.55%	3.20%	2.09%

Summary

Transocean beats ProPetro on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.