TDW vs. FTI, 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 TechnipFMC (FTI), 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 TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Tidewater currently has a consensus price target of $69.33, suggesting a potential upside of 43.79%. TechnipFMC has a consensus price target of $36.85, suggesting a potential upside of 5.91%. Given Tidewater's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
TechnipFMC has higher revenue and earnings than Tidewater. Tidewater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.1% of Tidewater shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Tidewater shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tidewater has a net margin of 12.98% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 8.93%. TechnipFMC's return on equity of 27.01% beat Tidewater's return on equity.
Tidewater has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TechnipFMC had 14 more articles in the media than Tidewater. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for TechnipFMC and 5 mentions for Tidewater. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Tidewater's score of 0.50 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
TechnipFMC beats Tidewater on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff