RPC (RES) Competitors

Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts prefer TDW or RES?

Tidewater presently has a consensus target price of $69.33, indicating a potential upside of 74.43%. RPC has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.07%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than RPC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
RPC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is TDW or RES a better dividend stock?

Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. RPC pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Tidewater pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RPC pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media favor TDW or RES?

In the previous week, Tidewater had 6 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Tidewater and 2 mentions for RPC. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat RPC's score of 1.53 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
RPC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TDW or RES?

95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of RPC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TDW or RES?

Tidewater has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RPC. Tidewater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, 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
Tidewater	$1.36B	1.45	$97.18M	$3.34	11.90
RPC	$1.37B	0.73	$91.44M	$0.36	12.57

Is TDW or RES more profitable?

Tidewater has a net margin of 13.92% compared to RPC's net margin of 6.46%. Tidewater's return on equity of 18.16% beat RPC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%
RPC	6.46%	8.62%	6.85%

Which has more risk and volatility, TDW or RES?

Tidewater has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TDW or RES?

Tidewater received 60 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.87% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 462 60.87%	Underperform Votes 297 39.13%
RPC	Outperform Votes 402 54.25%	Underperform Votes 339 45.75%

Summary

Tidewater beats RPC on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.