TETRA Technologies (TTI) Competitors

RPC (NYSE:RES) and TETRA Technologies (NYSE:TTI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Is RES or TTI more profitable?

RPC has a net margin of 6.46% compared to TETRA Technologies' net margin of 0.27%. TETRA Technologies' return on equity of 14.53% beat RPC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RPC	6.46%	8.62%	6.85%
TETRA Technologies	0.27%	14.53%	4.44%

Which has more risk and volatility, RES or TTI?

RPC has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TETRA Technologies has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RES or TTI?

41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of TETRA Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 60.5% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of TETRA Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, RES or TTI?

RPC has higher revenue and earnings than TETRA Technologies. TETRA Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, 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
RPC	$1.37B	0.81	$91.44M	$0.36	14.03
TETRA Technologies	$605.28M	0.72	$25.78M	$0.84	3.88

Does the media favor RES or TTI?

In the previous week, RPC had 1 more articles in the media than TETRA Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RPC and 1 mentions for TETRA Technologies. TETRA Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat RPC's score of 0.88 indicating that TETRA Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RPC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TETRA Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RES or TTI?

RPC received 2 more outperform votes than TETRA Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.57% of users gave TETRA Technologies an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RPC	Outperform Votes 402 54.25%	Underperform Votes 339 45.75%
TETRA Technologies	Outperform Votes 400 65.57%	Underperform Votes 210 34.43%

Do analysts recommend RES or TTI?

RPC currently has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.84%. TETRA Technologies has a consensus price target of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 61.29%. Given TETRA Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TETRA Technologies is more favorable than RPC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RPC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
TETRA Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Summary

TETRA Technologies beats RPC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.