Financial Comparison: Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Freestone Resources (OTCMKTS:FSNR)

Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Freestone Resources (OTCMKTS:FSNR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Freestone Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Flotek Industries and Freestone Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flotek Industries	0	1	3	1	3.00
Freestone Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00

Flotek Industries presently has a consensus price target of $14.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.88%. Given Flotek Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Freestone Resources.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Flotek Industries and Freestone Resources”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flotek Industries	$187.02 million	2.60	$10.50 million	$0.44	36.97
Freestone Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Flotek Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Freestone Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Flotek Industries and Freestone Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flotek Industries	6.59%	17.67%	10.86%
Freestone Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Flotek Industries beats Freestone Resources on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Freestone Resources

Freestone Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas technology development company, which engages in the development and marketing of technologies and solvents. The company was founded on January 22, 1997 and is headquartered in Ennis, TX.