RES vs. HLX, OII, ACDC, PFHC, XPRO, PUMP, NESR, CLB, LBRT, and EE
Should you be buying RPC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPC include Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Oceaneering International (OII), ProFrac (ACDC), ProFrac (PFHC), Expro Group (XPRO), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Excelerate Energy (EE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, RPC had 1 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for RPC and 13 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat RPC's score of 0.19 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RPC has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RPC currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus target price of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.99%. Given Helix Energy Solutions Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than RPC.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 41 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RPC has a net margin of 12.06% compared to Helix Energy Solutions Group's net margin of -2.39%. RPC's return on equity of 21.26% beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity.
41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned 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.
Summary
RPC and Helix Energy Solutions Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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