Head to Head Survey: Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) & Coil Tubing Technology (OTCMKTS:CTBG)

Coil Tubing Technology (OTCMKTS:CTBG) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Coil Tubing Technology and Natural Gas Services Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coil Tubing Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Natural Gas Services Group	0	0	1	1	3.50

Natural Gas Services Group has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Natural Gas Services Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than Coil Tubing Technology.

Risk and Volatility

Coil Tubing Technology has a beta of -0.93, suggesting that its share price is 193% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Coil Tubing Technology and Natural Gas Services Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coil Tubing Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Natural Gas Services Group	$156.74 million	1.92	$17.23 million	$1.35	17.84

Natural Gas Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Coil Tubing Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Coil Tubing Technology and Natural Gas Services Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coil Tubing Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Natural Gas Services Group	10.53%	6.99%	3.57%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Natural Gas Services Group beats Coil Tubing Technology on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Coil Tubing Technology

Coil Tubing Technology, Inc., a coil tubing company, focuses on the development, marketing, and rental of advanced tools and related technical solutions for use with coil tubing and jointed pipe in the bottom hole assembly for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons worldwide. The company's products include jar accelerator, extended reach, bi-directional jar, jet hammer, jet motor, spinning wash, bumper sub, vibrational agitation, and indexing tools. Its products are used in thru-tubing fishing, thru-tubing workover and intervention, pipeline clean out, and coil tubing lateral drillout operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Natural Gas Services Group

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. provides natural gas compression equipment and services to the energy industry in the United States. It engineers and fabricates, operates, rents, and maintains natural gas compressors for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. It also designs, fabricates, and assembles compressor units for rental or sale; and designs, manufactures, and sells a line of reciprocating natural gas compressor frames, cylinders, and parts. In addition, the company offers flare stacks and related ignition and control devices for the onshore and offshore incineration of gas compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gases. Further, it provides aftermarket services for its compressor and flare sales business; and exchange and rebuild program for small horsepower screw compressors. It markets its products to exploration and production companies that utilize compressor units for artificial lift applications; and oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.