RES vs. OII, HLX, NR, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, GEOS, and GIFI
Should you be buying RPC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPC include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
RPC has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
RPC has a net margin of 9.95% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 4.87%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 16.08% beat RPC's return on equity.
41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oceaneering International received 101 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
RPC currently has a consensus target price of $6.25, suggesting a potential downside of 10.27%. Oceaneering International has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.07%. Given Oceaneering International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oceaneering International is more favorable than RPC.
In the previous week, Oceaneering International had 4 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Oceaneering International and 8 mentions for RPC. RPC's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Oceaneering International's score of -0.18 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Oceaneering International beats RPC on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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