TDW vs. CHRD, HAL, HLX, NE, NOV, OII, RIG, SDRL, SLB, and VAL
Should you be buying Tidewater stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tidewater include Chord Energy (CHRD), Halliburton (HAL), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Noble (NE), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Transocean (RIG), Seadrill (SDRL), Schlumberger (SLB), and Valaris (VAL). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Tidewater vs. Its Competitors
Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tidewater. Tidewater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Tidewater pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tidewater has a net margin of 14.62% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. Tidewater's return on equity of 16.74% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.
Tidewater has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tidewater currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.82%. Chord Energy has a consensus price target of $147.33, suggesting a potential upside of 43.36%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Tidewater.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Chord Energy and 3 mentions for Tidewater. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Chord Energy's score of 1.68 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Tidewater shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Tidewater on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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