WHD vs. WFRD, DNOW, DRQ, FTI, BSM, AY, FLNC, ERF, KOS, and SM
Should you be buying Cactus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cactus include Weatherford International (WFRD), NOW (DNOW), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TechnipFMC (FTI), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure (AY), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Enerplus (ERF), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Cactus vs.
Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) and Cactus (NYSE:WHD) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
Cactus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Weatherford International. Cactus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weatherford International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weatherford International currently has a consensus target price of $77.40, indicating a potential upside of 42.57%. Cactus has a consensus target price of $57.33, indicating a potential upside of 52.93%. Given Cactus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cactus is more favorable than Weatherford International.
In the previous week, Weatherford International and Weatherford International both had 2 articles in the media. Weatherford International's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Cactus' score of 0.31 indicating that Weatherford International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cactus received 336 more outperform votes than Weatherford International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave Cactus an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Weatherford International an outperform vote.
Weatherford International has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cactus has a net margin of 16.00% compared to Weatherford International's net margin of 0.60%. Cactus' return on equity of 18.53% beat Weatherford International's return on equity.
95.2% of Weatherford International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Weatherford International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Cactus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Cactus beats Weatherford International on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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