Tidewater (TDW) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOV or TDW?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NOV	Outperform Votes 1077 61.93%	Underperform Votes 662 38.07%
Tidewater	Outperform Votes 462 60.87%	Underperform Votes 297 39.13%

Does the media favor NOV or TDW?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, NOV or TDW?

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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NOV or TDW?

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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NOV or TDW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NOV	$8.82B	0.52	$635M	$1.50	8.12
Tidewater	$1.36B	1.44	$97.18M	$3.34	11.80

Do analysts rate NOV or TDW?

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

Is NOV or TDW more profitable?

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
NOV	7.16%	9.88%	5.60%
Tidewater	13.92%	18.16%	9.40%

Is NOV or TDW a better dividend stock?

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.