Contrasting Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) & Pioneer Energy Services (OTCMKTS:PESXQ)

Pioneer Energy Services (OTCMKTS:PESXQ) and Tidewater (NYSE:TDW) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pioneer Energy Services and Tidewater”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pioneer Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tidewater	$1.35 billion	3.52	$334.66 million	$4.94	19.36

Tidewater has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Energy Services.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Pioneer Energy Services and Tidewater, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pioneer Energy Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
Tidewater	0	6	3	1	2.50

Tidewater has a consensus target price of $98.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.72%. Given Tidewater’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tidewater is more favorable than Pioneer Energy Services.

Profitability

This table compares Pioneer Energy Services and Tidewater’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pioneer Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tidewater	18.34%	5.36%	3.05%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.1% of Tidewater shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Pioneer Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Tidewater shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tidewater beats Pioneer Energy Services on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pioneer Energy Services

Pioneer Energy Services Corp. provides land-based drilling and production services to oil and gas exploration and production companies. It provides contract land drilling services in the Marcellus/Utica, Permian Basin and Eagle Ford, and Bakken regions, as well as in Colombia. The company operates 16 AC rigs in the United States and 8 SCR rigs in Colombia. It also provides well, wireline, and coiled tubing services to various exploration and production companies in the onshore oil and gas producing regions in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, and Rocky Mountain states. As of December 31, 2018, the company had a fleet of 113 rigs with 550 horsepower and 12 rigs with 600 horsepower; and 9 coiled tubing units. The company was formerly known as Pioneer Drilling Company and changed its name to Pioneer Energy Services Corp. in 2012. Pioneer Energy Services Corp. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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.