Petrofac - POFCF Competitors

Akastor ASA (OTCMKTS:AKKVF) and Petrofac (OTCMKTS:POFCF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AKKVF or POFCF?

Petrofac received 140 more outperform votes than Akastor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Akastor ASA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Akastor ASA	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Petrofac	Outperform Votes 140 63.64%	Underperform Votes 80 36.36%

Does the media refer more to AKKVF or POFCF?

In the previous week, Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Akastor ASA's score of 0.00 indicating that Petrofac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Akastor ASA	Neutral
Petrofac	Very Positive

Is AKKVF or POFCF a better dividend stock?

Akastor ASA pays an annual dividend of $3.0750 per share and has a dividend yield of 246.0%. Petrofac pays an annual dividend of $0.6580 per share and has a dividend yield of 68.2%. Akastor ASA pays out -189.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrofac pays out 41.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Akastor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AKKVF or POFCF?

Akastor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrofac, 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
Akastor ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A	-$1.62	-0.77
Petrofac	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.58	0.61

Do analysts recommend AKKVF or POFCF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Akastor ASA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Petrofac	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AKKVF or POFCF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Akastor ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Petrofac	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AKKVF or POFCF?

19.9% of Akastor ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Petrofac beats Akastor ASA on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.