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$48.22 +0.11 (+0.23%)
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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tidewater
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
TechnipFMC
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tidewater$1.35B1.77$180.66M$3.3414.44
TechnipFMC$9.08B1.61$842.90M$1.9018.31

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tidewater12.98% 15.97% 8.52%
TechnipFMC 8.93%27.01%8.75%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tidewater
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
TechnipFMC
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

TechnipFMC beats Tidewater on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TDW vs. The Competition

MetricTidewaterOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.38B$13.92B$7.62B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A3.89%10.89%3.72%
P/E Ratio14.4430.4863.7227.80
Price / Sales1.777.0622,438.2347.18
Price / Cash5.9222.2935.0918.22
Price / Book2.272.463.374.59
Net Income$180.66M$860.35M$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.24%1.45%0.99%0.65%
1 Month Performance10.90%1.62%5.86%4.26%
1 Year Performance-49.12%6.46%101.88%13.93%

Tidewater Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TDW
Tidewater
4.342 of 5 stars
$48.22
+0.2%
$69.33
+43.8%
-48.8%$2.38B$1.35B14.447,700
FTI
TechnipFMC
3.0489 of 5 stars
$34.45
-0.3%
$36.46
+5.8%
+33.9%$14.44B$9.08B18.1325,304
HAL
Halliburton
4.8382 of 5 stars
$20.37
-1.0%
$33.58
+64.8%
-36.7%$17.51B$22.94B8.5248,000
HLX
Helix Energy Solutions Group
4.6625 of 5 stars
$6.24
-0.6%
$12.50
+100.3%
-47.5%$945.55M$1.36B11.352,313
NE
Noble
4.5105 of 5 stars
$26.62
-21.6%
$35.71
+34.2%
-35.7%$4.25B$3.06B8.935,000
NOV
NOV
4.836 of 5 stars
$12.45
-2.2%
$17.44
+40.1%
-29.2%$4.68B$8.82B8.3034,010Trending News
OII
Oceaneering International
3.5281 of 5 stars
$20.73
-0.6%
$28.00
+35.1%
-12.4%$2.09B$2.66B11.6510,400
RIG
Transocean
4.4134 of 5 stars
$2.59
+0.4%
$4.58
+76.8%
-46.9%$2.29B$3.52B-2.735,800
SDRL
Seadrill
3.8019 of 5 stars
$26.25
+0.7%
$51.00
+94.3%
-43.5%$1.63B$1.39B4.963,300
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9762 of 5 stars
$33.83
-0.5%
$51.68
+52.8%
-24.2%$46.01B$36.07B11.4799,000
VAL
Valaris
2.2912 of 5 stars
$42.14
+0.7%
$49.67
+17.9%
-36.1%$2.99B$2.36B9.895,642News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:TDW) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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