Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts rate APA or WTTR?

APA currently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.63%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $14.88, suggesting a potential upside of 65.00%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than APA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
APA	3 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Which has more risk and volatility, APA or WTTR?

APA has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to APA or WTTR?

In the previous week, APA had 4 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for APA and 5 mentions for Select Water Solutions. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.76 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
APA	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Water Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is APA or WTTR a better dividend stock?

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Select Water Solutions pays out 82.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Select Water Solutions has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in APA or WTTR?

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is APA or WTTR more profitable?

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 2.42%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
APA	9.75%	23.22%	7.63%
Select Water Solutions	2.42%	3.96%	2.59%

Which has better earnings & valuation, APA or WTTR?

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Select Water Solutions. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, 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
APA	$9.74B	0.68	$804M	$2.78	6.57
Select Water Solutions	$1.45B	0.75	$30.64M	$0.34	26.51

Summary

APA beats Select Water Solutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.