Analyzing Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) and Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL)

Bristow Group (NYSE:VTOL) and Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Bristow Group and Oil States International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bristow Group	0	1	3	0	2.75
Oil States International	1	1	2	0	2.25

Bristow Group currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.78%. Oil States International has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.46%. Given Oil States International’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oil States International is more favorable than Bristow Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bristow Group and Oil States International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bristow Group	$1.49 billion	0.91	$129.07 million	$3.47	13.22
Oil States International	$645.67 million	0.78	-$109.38 million	($1.89)	-4.39

Bristow Group has higher revenue and earnings than Oil States International. Oil States International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bristow Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Bristow Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil States International has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Bristow Group and Oil States International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bristow Group	6.66%	9.82%	4.45%
Oil States International	-16.78%	4.28%	2.87%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.3% of Bristow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Bristow Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Oil States International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bristow Group beats Oil States International on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. provides vertical flight solutions. The company primarily offers aviation services to integrated, national, and independent offshore energy companies and government agencies. It also provides personnel transportation, search and rescue, medevac, ad hoc helicopter, fixed wing transportation, unmanned systems, and ad-hoc helicopter services, as well as logistical and maintenance support, training services, and flight and maintenance crews. The company has a fleet of aircrafts. It has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, the Falkland Islands, India, Ireland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, and United States. Bristow Group Inc. is based in Houston, Texas.

About Oil States International

Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineered capital equipment and products for the energy, industrial, and military sectors worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Well Site Services, Downhole Technologies, and Offshore/Manufactured Products. The Well Site Services segment offers a range of equipment and services that are used to drill for, establish, and maintain the flow of oil and natural gas from a well throughout its lifecycle. It also provides wireline support, frac stacks, isolation tools, downhole and extended reach activity, well testing and flowback operations, sand control, and land drilling services. The Downhole Technologies segment provides oil and gas perforation systems, and downhole tools in support of completion, intervention, wireline, and well abandonment operations. This segment also designs, manufactures, and markets its consumable engineered products to oilfield service, and exploration and production companies. The Offshore/Manufactured Products segment designs, manufactures, and markets capital equipment utilized on floating production systems, subsea pipeline infrastructure, and offshore drilling rigs and vessels. Its products include flexible bearings, advanced connector systems, high-pressure riser systems, managed pressure drilling systems, deepwater mooring systems, cranes, subsea pipeline products, and blow-out preventer stack integration products. This segment also provides short-cycle products, such as valves, elastomers, and other specialty products that are used in the land-based drilling and completion markets; and other products for use in industrial, military, alternative energy, and other applications. In addition, it offers specialty welding, fabrication, cladding and machining, offshore installation, and inspection and repair services. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.