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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
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.
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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Chord Energy and 3 mentions for Tidewater. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Tidewater's score of 0.65 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tidewater has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Chord Energy has a consensus price target of $144.67, indicating a potential upside of 45.94%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Tidewater.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Tidewater on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
