Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK – Get Free Report) and Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Flotek Industries and Intrepid Potash, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Flotek Industries | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Intrepid Potash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.75 |
Flotek Industries currently has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.60%. Intrepid Potash has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.78%. Given Flotek Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
Volatility & Risk
Insider and Institutional Ownership
10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Flotek Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Intrepid Potash shares are held 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.
Profitability
This table compares Flotek Industries and Intrepid Potash’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Flotek Industries | 12.97% | 21.57% | 10.89% |
| Intrepid Potash | 8.94% | 4.74% | 3.73% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Flotek Industries and Intrepid Potash”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Flotek Industries | $237.26 million | 4.17 | $30.53 million | $0.99 | 27.62 |
| Intrepid Potash | $298.33 million | 1.79 | $11.19 million | $1.98 | 20.00 |
Flotek Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flotek Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Flotek Industries beats Intrepid Potash on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Intrepid Potash
Intrepid Potash, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction and production of the potash in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Potash, Trio, and Oilfield Solutions. The company offers muriate of potash for various markets, such as agricultural market as a fertilizer input; the industrial market as a component in drilling and fracturing fluids for oil and gas wells, as well as an input to other industrial processes; and the animal feed market as a nutrient supplement. It also provides Trio, a specialty fertilizer that delivers potassium, sulfate, and magnesium in a single particle; water for oil and gas services industry; salt for various markets, including animal feed, industrial applications, pool salt, and the treatment of roads and walkways for ice melting or to manage road conditions; magnesium chloride for use as a road treatment agent for deicing and dedusting; brines for use in oil and gas industry to support well workover and completion activities; and metal recovery salts. Intrepid Potash, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
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