Head to Head Comparison: Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) vs. Glori Energy (OTCMKTS:GLRI)

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Glori Energy and Flotek Industries”s top-line 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
Flotek Industries	$187.02 million	2.27	$10.50 million	$0.89	15.84

Flotek Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Glori Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Glori Energy and Flotek Industries’ 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
Flotek Industries	14.48%	22.62%	12.96%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.2% of Glori Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Glori Energy and Flotek Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glori Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Flotek Industries	0	1	2	1	3.00

Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.11%. Given Flotek Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Glori Energy.

Summary

Flotek Industries beats Glori Energy on 9 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 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.