Innovex International (NYSE:INVX – Get Free Report) and National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Innovex International and National Energy Services Reunited”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Innovex International | $660.80 million | 1.67 | $140.32 million | $2.62 | 6.10 |
| National Energy Services Reunited | $1.31 billion | 0.47 | $78.13 million | $0.81 | 7.93 |
Risk & Volatility
Innovex International has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Innovex International and National Energy Services Reunited, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Innovex International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 |
| National Energy Services Reunited | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
Innovex International presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 18.60%. National Energy Services Reunited has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 133.64%. Given National Energy Services Reunited’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Energy Services Reunited is more favorable than Innovex International.
Profitability
This table compares Innovex International and National Energy Services Reunited’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Innovex International | 16.68% | 7.14% | 5.82% |
| National Energy Services Reunited | 5.87% | 10.96% | 5.46% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.9% of Innovex International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Innovex International beats National Energy Services Reunited on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Innovex International
Innovex International, Inc. engages in the provision of solutions for both onshore and offshore applications within the oil and gas industry. The company was founded on September 15, 2016 and is headquartered in Humble, TX.
About National Energy Services Reunited
National Energy Services Reunited Corp. provides oilfield services in the Middle East and North Africa region. The company’s Production Services segment offers hydraulic fracturing services; coiled tubing services, including nitrogen lifting, fishing, milling, clean-out, scale removal, and other well applications; stimulation and pumping services; primary and remedial cementing services; nitrogen services; filtration services, as well as frac tanks and pumping units; and pipeline and industrial services, such as water filling and hydro testing, nitrogen purging, and de-gassing and pressure testing, as well as cutting/welding and cooling down piping/vessels systems. This segment also provides production assurance chemicals; integrated project management projects; artificial lift services; and surface and subsurface safety systems, high-pressure packer systems, flow controls, service tools, expandable liner technology, vacuum insulated tubing technology for steam applications, and engineering capabilities with manufacturing capacity and testing facilities, as well as sources and treats water for oil and gas, municipal, and industrial use. Its Drilling and Evaluation Services segment offers drilling and workover rigs; rigs and integrated services; fishing and remediation solutions; directional and turbines drilling; drilling fluid systems and related technologies; wireline logging; slickline services for removal of scale, wax and sand build-up, setting plugs, changing out gas lift valves, and fishing and other well applications; and well testing services to measure solids, gas, and oil and water produced from well, as well as rents drilling tools. This segment also provides oilfield solutions for thru-tubing intervention; tubular running services; and a range of wellhead products, flow control equipment, and frac equipment. National Energy Services Reunited Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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