WTTR vs. PUMP, HLX, CLB, RNGR, RES, NESR, OII, XPRO, NEX, and ACDC
Should you be buying Select Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Select Water Solutions include ProPetro (PUMP), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Core Laboratories (CLB), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), RPC (RES), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Oceaneering International (OII), Expro Group (XPRO), NexTier Oilfield Solutions (NEX), and ProFrac (ACDC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Select Water Solutions vs.
ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Select Water Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ProPetro. Select Water Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProPetro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ProPetro and ProPetro both had 3 articles in the media. Select Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat ProPetro's score of 0.93 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Select Water Solutions has a net margin of 3.57% compared to ProPetro's net margin of 1.33%. ProPetro's return on equity of 16.74% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.
Select Water Solutions received 172 more outperform votes than ProPetro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.16% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave ProPetro an outperform vote.
ProPetro has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ProPetro presently has a consensus target price of $13.94, indicating a potential upside of 107.40%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus target price of $10.33, indicating a potential upside of 42.92%. Given ProPetro's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Select Water Solutions.
88.6% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of ProPetro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Select Water Solutions 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.
Summary
Select Water Solutions beats ProPetro on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WTTR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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