Tidewater (NYSE:TDW – Get Free Report) and Epsilon Energy (NASDAQ:EPSN – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
Tidewater has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Epsilon Energy has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Tidewater and Epsilon Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tidewater | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Epsilon Energy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Tidewater shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Epsilon Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Tidewater and Epsilon Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tidewater | 11.14% | 14.86% | 8.01% |
| Epsilon Energy | 12.86% | 8.27% | 6.62% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Tidewater and Epsilon Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tidewater | $1.35 billion | 1.85 | $180.66 million | $2.97 | 16.94 |
| Epsilon Energy | $31.52 million | 3.20 | $1.93 million | $0.27 | 16.93 |
Tidewater has higher revenue and earnings than Epsilon Energy. Epsilon Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tidewater, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tidewater beats Epsilon Energy on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tidewater
Tidewater Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides offshore support vessels and marine support services to the offshore energy industry through the operation of a fleet of marine service vessels worldwide. It provides services in support of offshore oil and gas exploration, field development, and production, as well as windfarm development and maintenance, including towing of and anchor handling for mobile offshore drilling units; transporting supplies and personnel necessary to sustain drilling, workover, and production activities; offshore construction, and seismic and subsea support; geotechnical survey support for windfarm construction; and various specialized services, such as pipe and cable laying. The company operates anchor handling towing supply vessels, platform supply vessels, crew boats, utility vessels, and offshore tugs. The company serves integrated and independent oil and gas exploration, field development, and production companies; mid-sized and smaller independent exploration and production companies; foreign government-owned or government-controlled organizations, and other related companies; offshore drilling contractors; and other companies, such as offshore construction, windfarm development, diving, and well stimulation companies. Tidewater Inc. was incorporated in 1956 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Epsilon Energy
Epsilon Energy Ltd., a North American onshore independent natural gas and oil company, engages in the acquisition, development, gathering, and production of natural oil and gas reserves in the United States. The company operates through Upstream and Gathering System segments. It has natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania; and oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas production in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, and Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma. Epsilon Energy Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Calgary, Canada.
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