RNGR vs. WTTR, XPRO, VTS, GRNT, DEC, VTLE, PDS, TXO, PUMP, and REPX
Should you be buying Ranger Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ranger Energy Services include Select Water Solutions (WTTR), Expro Group (XPRO), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Diversified Energy (DEC), Vital Energy (VTLE), Precision Drilling (PDS), TXO Partners (TXO), ProPetro (PUMP), and Riley Exploration Permian (REPX). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Ranger Energy Services vs. Its Competitors
Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) and Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) are both small-cap petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Select Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Ranger Energy Services. Ranger Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ranger Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Ranger Energy Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Select Water Solutions pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ranger Energy Services has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Select Water Solutions has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Ranger Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ranger Energy Services and 0 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Ranger Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Ranger Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Ranger Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ranger Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.48%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $14.83, indicating a potential upside of 52.61%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Ranger Energy Services.
Ranger Energy Services has a net margin of 3.48% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 2.42%. Ranger Energy Services' return on equity of 7.52% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Select Water Solutions beats Ranger Energy Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RNGR) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff