National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR – Get Free Report) and NOV (NYSE:NOV – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares National Energy Services Reunited and NOV”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| National Energy Services Reunited | $1.30 billion | 1.03 | $70.41 million | $0.73 | 19.12 |
| NOV | $8.78 billion | 0.65 | $635.00 million | $1.00 | 15.63 |
Risk & Volatility
National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NOV has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares National Energy Services Reunited and NOV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| National Energy Services Reunited | 5.53% | 8.24% | 4.27% |
| NOV | 4.36% | 5.89% | 3.38% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for National Energy Services Reunited and NOV, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| National Energy Services Reunited | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.75 |
| NOV | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.12 |
National Energy Services Reunited presently has a consensus target price of $16.86, suggesting a potential upside of 20.75%. NOV has a consensus target price of $15.54, suggesting a potential downside of 0.55%. Given National Energy Services Reunited’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Energy Services Reunited is more favorable than NOV.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of NOV shares are held by 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
National Energy Services Reunited beats NOV on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About NOV
NOV Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Energy Equipment, and Energy Products and Services. The company provides solids control and waste management equipment and services, managed pressure drilling, drilling fluids, premium drillpipe, wired pipe, drilling optimization services, tubular inspection and coating services, instrumentation, downhole tools, and drill bits. It also offers equipment and technologies for hydraulic fracture stimulation, including downhole multistage fracturing tools, pressure pumping trucks, blenders, sanders, hydration and injection units, flowline, and manifolds; coiled tubing units, and wireline units and tools; connections and liner hangers; onshore production consists of composite pipe, surface transfer and progressive cavity pumps, and artificial lift systems; and offshore production, such as floating production systems and subsea production technologies, as well as manufactures industrial pumps and mixers. In addition, the company provides substructures, derricks, and masts; cranes; jacking systems; pipe lifting, racking, rotating, and assembly systems; mud pumps; pressure control equipment; drives and generators; rig instrumentation and control systems; mooring, anchor, and deck handling machinery; equipment components for offshore wind construction vessels; and pipelay and construction systems. Further, the company offers spare parts, repair, and rentals as well as comprehensive remote equipment monitoring, technical support, field service, and customer training. The company was formerly known as National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and changed its name to NOV Inc. in January 2021. NOV Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Houston, Texas.
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