Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD – Get Free Report) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Weatherford International has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.2% of Weatherford International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Weatherford International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Weatherford International | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2.91 |
| Flotek Industries | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
Weatherford International presently has a consensus target price of $91.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.73%. Flotek Industries has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential downside of 14.97%. Given Weatherford International’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than Flotek Industries.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Weatherford International and Flotek Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Weatherford International | $4.97 billion | 1.02 | $506.00 million | $5.52 | 12.75 |
| Flotek Industries | $187.02 million | 2.69 | $10.50 million | $0.44 | 38.31 |
Weatherford International has higher revenue and earnings than Flotek Industries. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Weatherford International and Flotek Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Weatherford International | 8.15% | 28.28% | 7.85% |
| Flotek Industries | 6.59% | 17.67% | 10.86% |
Summary
Weatherford International beats Flotek Industries on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Weatherford International
Weatherford International plc, an energy services company, provides equipment and services for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil, geothermal, and natural gas wells worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Drilling and Evaluation; Well Construction and Completions; and Production and Intervention. It offers artificial lift systems, including reciprocating rod, progressing cavity pumping, gas, hydraulic, plunger, and hybrid lift systems, as well as related automation and control systems; pressure pumping and reservoir stimulation services, such as acidizing, fracturing, cementing, and coiled-tubing intervention; and software, automation and flow measurement solutions. The company also provides safety, downhole reservoir monitoring, flow control, and multistage fracturing systems, as well as sand-control technologies, and production and isolation packers; liner hangers to suspend a casing string in high-temperature and high-pressure wells; cementing products, including plugs, float and stage equipment, and torque-and-drag reduction technology for zonal isolation; and pre-job planning and installation services. In addition, it offers directional drilling services, and logging and measurement services while drilling; services related to rotary-steerable systems, high temperature and high pressure sensors, drilling reamers, and circulation subs; rotating control devices and advanced automated control systems, as well as closed loop drilling, air drilling, managed-pressure drilling, and underbalanced drilling services; open-hole and cased-hole logging services; and intervention and remediation services. Further, it provides tubular handling, management, and connection services; and re-entry, fishing, and well abandonment services, as well as patented bottom hole, tubular-handling equipment, pressure-control equipment, and drill pipe and collars. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Houston, Texas.
About Flotek Industries
Flotek Industries, Inc. operates as a technology-driven green chemistry and data company that serves customers across industrial and commercial markets in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Chemistry Technologies (CT) and Data Analytics (DA). The CT segment designs, develops, manufactures, packages, distributes, delivers, and markets green specialty chemicals that enhance the profitability of hydrocarbon producers, as well as green specialty chemistries, and logistics and technology services. This segment primarily serves integrated oil and gas, oilfield services, independent oil and gas, national and state-owned oil, geothermal energy, solar energy, and alternative energy companies. The DA segment designs, develops, produces, sells, and supports equipment and services that create and provide valuable information on the composition and properties of energy customers' hydrocarbon fluids. It sells its products directly through a mix of in-house sales professionals, as well as contractual agency agreements. Flotek Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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