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TDW vs. NOV, OII, RES, HLX, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, GIFI, and GEOS

Should you be buying Tidewater stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tidewater include NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), and Geospace Technologies (GEOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.

Tidewater vs.

NOV (NYSE:NOV) and Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

NOV received 615 more outperform votes than Tidewater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.93% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NOVOutperform Votes
1077
61.93%
Underperform Votes
662
38.07%
TidewaterOutperform Votes
462
60.87%
Underperform Votes
297
39.13%

In the previous week, NOV had 30 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for NOV and 8 mentions for Tidewater. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat NOV's score of 0.68 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NOV
14 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tidewater
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NOV has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tidewater has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of NOV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held 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.

NOV has higher revenue and earnings than Tidewater. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NOV$8.82B0.52$635M$1.508.12
Tidewater$1.36B1.44$97.18M$3.3411.80

NOV currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.68%. Tidewater has a consensus price target of $69.33, indicating a potential upside of 75.97%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than NOV.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NOV
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.26
Tidewater
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Tidewater has a net margin of 13.92% compared to NOV's net margin of 7.16%. Tidewater's return on equity of 18.16% beat NOV's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NOV7.16% 9.88% 5.60%
Tidewater 13.92%18.16%9.40%

NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. NOV pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tidewater pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NOV has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Tidewater beats NOV on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TDW vs. The Competition

MetricTidewaterWater transportation IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.95B$7.57B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A5.19%11.00%3.83%
P/E Ratio11.5969.9853.7634.53
Price / Sales1.444.0224,457.0434.83
Price / Cash8.375.6435.5017.51
Price / Book2.012.773.544.69
Net Income$97.18M$360.99M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.88%-5.85%-1.13%-2.43%
1 Month Performance15.63%12.63%5.76%6.27%
1 Year Performance-61.37%-10.70%178.62%5.78%

Tidewater Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TDW
Tidewater
4.5766 of 5 stars
$39.20
-0.5%
$69.33
+76.9%
-61.6%$1.94B$1.36B11.526,300Positive News
NOV
NOV
4.7635 of 5 stars
$12.97
+3.8%
$18.00
+38.8%
-33.2%$4.87B$8.82B8.0532,300Dividend Announcement
OII
Oceaneering International
4.0404 of 5 stars
$19.85
+4.1%
$28.00
+41.1%
-18.2%$2.00B$2.74B13.789,200Positive News
Gap Down
RES
RPC
3.7628 of 5 stars
$4.98
+4.3%
$5.75
+15.6%
-34.3%$1.10B$1.37B11.572,730Positive News
Gap Up
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.2965 of 5 stars
$6.85
+4.7%
$12.50
+82.6%
-45.8%$1.04B$1.34B171.172,280Positive News
Gap Up
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.3917 of 5 stars
$3.05
+2.5%
$5.25
+72.4%
-28.8%$405.21M$605.28M152.331,300Positive News
Gap Down
OIS
Oil States International
3.4509 of 5 stars
$4.80
+6.4%
$6.17
+28.5%
-5.9%$296.97M$685.26M-14.552,740Gap Down
NGS
Natural Gas Services Group
3.2866 of 5 stars
$21.65
+5.8%
$32.00
+47.8%
+11.8%$270.93M$156.74M16.91250Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
FET
Forum Energy Technologies
1.4021 of 5 stars
$15.57
+6.2%
N/A-21.2%$192.54M$807.31M-1.421,500Gap Up
GIFI
Gulf Island Fabrication
1.4128 of 5 stars
$6.09
+0.3%
N/A-7.6%$98.80M$156.59M5.80960High Trading Volume
GEOS
Geospace Technologies
0.2947 of 5 stars
$6.17
+2.3%
N/A-40.1%$78.83M$122.79M-7.43650

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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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