TDW vs. NOV, OII, RES, HLX, TTI, NGS, OIS, 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), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Oil States International (OIS), 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.
Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) and NOV (NYSE:NOV) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, NOV had 39 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for NOV and 10 mentions for Tidewater. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat NOV's score of 0.40 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tidewater shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of NOV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tidewater pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Tidewater pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NOV pays out 18.6% 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.
Tidewater presently has a consensus target price of $92.50, indicating a potential upside of 140.63%. NOV has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.70%. Given Tidewater's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than NOV.
NOV received 615 more outperform votes than Tidewater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.91% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Tidewater an outperform vote.
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.
Tidewater has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tidewater beats NOV on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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