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
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Tidewater shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Tidewater shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Chord Energy currently has a consensus target price of $148.92, indicating a potential upside of 35.58%. Tidewater has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.76%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Tidewater.
Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tidewater has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Chord Energy and 12 mentions for Tidewater. Tidewater's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Chord Energy's score of 1.27 indicating that Tidewater is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 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.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Tidewater on 9 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
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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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