Critical Analysis: Terra Energy & Resource Technologies (OTCMKTS:TEGR) & Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT)

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies (OTCMKTS:TEGR) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Terra Energy & Resource Technologies and Liberty Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Liberty Energy	0	10	2	2	2.43

Liberty Energy has a consensus price target of $14.85, suggesting a potential downside of 3.33%. Given Terra Energy & Resource Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Terra Energy & Resource Technologies is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Volatility & Risk

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies has a beta of -13.04, suggesting that its share price is 1,404% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Terra Energy & Resource Technologies and Liberty Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Energy	$4.32 billion	0.58	$316.01 million	$1.12	13.72

Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Terra Energy & Resource Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Terra Energy & Resource Technologies and Liberty Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Energy	4.76%	1.69%	1.00%

Summary

Liberty Energy beats Terra Energy & Resource Technologies on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Terra Energy & Resource Technologies

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, Terra Insight Services, Inc., operates as a natural resource exploration technology company worldwide. It provides mapping and analysis services for exploration, drilling, and mining companies related to natural resources. The company’s technologies consist of Sub Terrain Prospecting technology, Naturally Adsorbed Gas Survey technology, Side View Seismic Locator technology, and Seismic Location of Emission Centers technology. Its technologies predict and locate commercially viable deposits of hydrocarbons, gold, diamonds, and other natural resources, as well as assess them for onshore or offshore geographic area. Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York.

About Liberty Energy

Liberty Energy Inc. provides hydraulic services and related technologies to onshore oil and natural gas exploration, and production companies in North America. The company offers hydraulic fracturing services, including complementary services, such as wireline services, proppant delivery solutions, field gas processing and treating, compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery, data analytics, related goods comprising sand mine operations, and technologies; and well site fueling and logistics. As of as of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated a fleet of approximately 40 active hydraulic fracturing; and two sand mines in the Permian Basin. In addition, the company provides services primarily in the Permian Basin, the Williston Basin, the Eagle Ford Shale, the Haynesville Shale, the Appalachian Basin (Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale), the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the DJ Basin), and the Anadarko Basin. Liberty Energy Inc. was formerly known as Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. and changed its name to Liberty Energy Inc. in April 2022. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.