Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI) & Essential Energy Services (OTCMKTS:EEYUF) Head-To-Head Review

Essential Energy Services (OTCMKTS:EEYUF) and Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Essential Energy Services and Tetra Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Essential Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.21	1.37
Tetra Technologies	$630.93 million	1.78	$3.01 million	$0.05	168.66

Tetra Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Essential Energy Services. Essential Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

42.4% of Essential Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Tetra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Tetra Technologies shares are owned by 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Essential Energy Services and Tetra Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Energy Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
Tetra Technologies	0	2	3	0	2.60

Tetra Technologies has a consensus target price of $12.83, suggesting a potential upside of 52.18%. Given Tetra Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tetra Technologies is more favorable than Essential Energy Services.

Profitability

This table compares Essential Energy Services and Tetra Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tetra Technologies	0.97%	9.11%	4.14%

Summary

Tetra Technologies beats Essential Energy Services on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Essential Energy Services

Essential Energy Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides oilfield services to oil and gas exploration and production companies. The company operates in two segments, Essential Coil Well Service (ECWS) and Tryton. The ECWS segment offers completion, production, and workover services with its fleet of coil tubing rigs, and fluid and nitrogen pumpers, as well as ancillary equipment. As of December 31, 2022, its fleet included 19 coil tubing rigs, 11 fluid pumpers, and five nitrogen pumpers. The Tryton segment provides a range of downhole tool and rental services for completion, production, and wellsite restoration of oil and natural gas wells, including conventional tools, ball and seat, and composite/dissolvable bridge plugs. Essential Energy Services Ltd. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Tetra Technologies

TETRA Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy services and solutions company. It operates through two segments, Completion Fluids & Products Division and Water & Flowback Services. The Completion Fluids & Products segment manufactures and markets clear brine fluids, additives, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry for use in well drilling, completion, and workover operations in the United States, as well as in Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment also markets liquid and dry calcium chloride products; and TETRA PureFlow ultra-pure zinc bromide to battery technology companies. The Water & Flowback Services segment provides water management services for onshore oil and gas operators. This segment also offers frac flowback, production well testing, and other associated services in oil and gas producing regions in the United States, as well as in various basins in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. TETRA Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.