XPRO vs. OII, HLX, RES, ACDC, PFHC, PUMP, NESR, CLB, LBRT, and TALO
Should you be buying Expro Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expro Group include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), ProFrac (ACDC), ProFrac (PFHC), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Talos Energy (TALO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Expro Group. Expro Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Expro Group had 5 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Expro Group and 7 mentions for Oceaneering International. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Expro Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Oceaneering International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Expro Group currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.67%. Oceaneering International has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Expro Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
Expro Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.1% of Expro Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Expro Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Oceaneering International shares are held 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.
Oceaneering International received 495 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.41% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote while only 22.73% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.02% compared to Expro Group's net margin of -1.54%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 14.00% beat Expro Group's return on equity.
Summary
Oceaneering International beats Expro Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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