ProPetro (PUMP) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$3.52B	0.58	-$954M	-$0.73	-3.14
ProPetro	$1.44B	0.38	$85.63M	-$1.34	-3.91

Does the media prefer RIG or PUMP?

In the previous week, ProPetro had 1 more articles in the media than Transocean. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for ProPetro and 16 mentions for Transocean. ProPetro's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Transocean's score of 0.54 indicating that ProPetro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Transocean	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ProPetro	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RIG or PUMP?

Transocean currently has a consensus target price of $4.59, indicating a potential upside of 99.95%. ProPetro has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 100.19%. Given ProPetro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
ProPetro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 51.51% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.51%	Underperform Votes 870 48.49%
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%

Which has more volatility and risk, RIG or PUMP?

Transocean has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RIG or PUMP?

67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of ProPetro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ProPetro beats Transocean on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.