Superior Drilling Products (SDPI) Competitors

Superior Drilling Products (NYSE:SDPI) and Profire Energy (NASDAQ:PFIE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SDPI or PFIE?

43.4% of Superior Drilling Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Profire Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.1% of Superior Drilling Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Profire Energy 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.

Does the media prefer SDPI or PFIE?

In the previous week, Profire Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Superior Drilling Products. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Profire Energy and 1 mentions for Superior Drilling Products. Profire Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Superior Drilling Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Profire Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Superior Drilling Products	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Profire Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SDPI or PFIE?

Profire Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Drilling Products. Superior Drilling Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Profire Energy, 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
Superior Drilling Products	$20.97M	1.80	$7.44M	$0.24	5.17
Profire Energy	$58.21M	1.61	$10.78M	$0.22	8.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SDPI or PFIE?

Profire Energy received 272 more outperform votes than Superior Drilling Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Superior Drilling Products an outperform vote while only 60.40% of users gave Profire Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Superior Drilling Products	Outperform Votes 33 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Profire Energy	Outperform Votes 305 60.40%	Underperform Votes 200 39.60%

Is SDPI or PFIE more profitable?

Superior Drilling Products has a net margin of 35.46% compared to Profire Energy's net margin of 18.51%. Superior Drilling Products' return on equity of 62.62% beat Profire Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Superior Drilling Products	35.46%	62.62%	32.82%
Profire Energy	18.51%	20.13%	17.59%

Which has more risk & volatility, SDPI or PFIE?

Superior Drilling Products has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Profire Energy has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SDPI or PFIE?

Profire Energy has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 98.86%. Given Profire Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Profire Energy is more favorable than Superior Drilling Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Superior Drilling Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Profire Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Profire Energy beats Superior Drilling Products on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.