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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, APA or WTTR?

APA has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APA or WTTR a better dividend stock?

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 institutionals and insiders 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Do analysts prefer APA or WTTR?

APA currently has a consensus price target of $24.72, suggesting a potential upside of 32.56%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $14.88, suggesting a potential upside of 59.52%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.69	$804M	$2.78	6.71
Select Water Solutions	$1.45B	0.77	$30.64M	$0.34	27.43

Does the media refer more to APA or WTTR?

In the previous week, APA had 39 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for APA and 7 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat APA's score of 0.55 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
APA	14 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Select Water Solutions	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

APA beats Select Water Solutions on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.