Critical Review: Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI) & Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR)

Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI) and Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Glori Energy has a beta of 46.46, meaning that its share price is 4,546% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ranger Energy Services has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

68.1% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Glori Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Ranger Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Glori Energy and Ranger Energy Services, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glori Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ranger Energy Services	0	2	1	0	2.33

Ranger Energy Services has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.07%. Given Ranger Energy Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ranger Energy Services is more favorable than Glori Energy.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Glori Energy and Ranger Energy Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ranger Energy Services	$546.90 million	0.65	$18.40 million	$0.65	25.34

Ranger Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Glori Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Glori Energy and Ranger Energy Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glori Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ranger Energy Services	2.25%	4.65%	3.37%

Summary

Ranger Energy Services beats Glori Energy on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Glori Energy

Glori Energy Inc., an energy technology and oil production company, provides services to third party exploration and production companies in North America and Brazil. It operates through Oil and Gas, and AERO Services segments. The Oil and Gas segment produces and develops oil and natural gas interests. The AERO Services segment offers biotechnology solutions of enhanced oil recovery through a two-step process, including analysis phase, reservoir screening process that obtains field samples and evaluates potential of AERO system; and field deployment phase that deploys skid mounted injection equipment. Glori Energy Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Ranger Energy Services

Ranger Energy Services, Inc. provides onshore high specification well service rigs, wireline services, and complementary services to exploration and production companies in the United States. It operates through three segments: High Specification Rigs, Wireline Services, and Processing Solutions and Ancillary Services. The High Specification Rigs segment offers well service rigs and complementary equipment and services to facilitate operations throughout the lifecycle of a well; and well maintenance services. This segment also has a fleet of 402 well service rigs. The Wireline Services segment provides wireline production and intervention services to provide information to identify and resolve well production problems through cased hole logging, perforating, mechanical, and pipe recovery services; wireline completion services that are used primarily for pump down perforating operations to create perforations or entry holes through the production casing; and pumping services. This segment also has a fleet of 66 wireline units and 29 high-pressure pump trucks. The Processing Solutions and Ancillary Services segment rents well service-related equipment consisting of fluid pumps, power swivels, well control packages, hydraulic catwalks, frac tanks, pipe racks, and pipe handling tools; and coiled tubing, decommissioning, and snubbing services, as well as provides proprietary and modular equipment for the processing of natural gas streams. This segment also engages in the rental, installation, commissioning, start up, operation, and maintenance of mechanical refrigeration units, nitrogen gas liquid stabilizer units, nitrogen gas liquid storage units, and related equipment. Ranger Energy Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.