ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Noble (NYSE:NE) Financial Comparison

ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Noble (NYSE:NE) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ProPetro and Noble, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ProPetro	1	4	8	0	2.54
Noble	0	6	2	1	2.44

ProPetro currently has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 74.89%. Noble has a consensus price target of $45.29, indicating a potential upside of 5.47%. Given ProPetro’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Noble.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Noble shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of ProPetro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Noble shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares ProPetro and Noble’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProPetro	-1.15%	-1.49%	-0.89%
Noble	4.88%	1.93%	1.18%

Risk & Volatility

ProPetro has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noble has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ProPetro and Noble”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ProPetro	$1.27 billion	0.84	$820,000.00	($0.11)	-79.27
Noble	$3.29 billion	2.09	$216.72 million	$0.93	46.17

Noble has higher revenue and earnings than ProPetro. ProPetro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Noble beats ProPetro on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ProPetro

ProPetro Holding Corp. operates as an integrated oilfield services company. The company provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and other complementary oilfield completion services to upstream oil and gas companies in the Permian Basin. ProPetro Holding Corp. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

About Noble

Noble Corp. Plc engages in the provision offshore drilling services for oil and gas industry. It focuses on a balanced fleet of floating and jackup rigs and the deployment of drilling rigs in oil and gas basins around the world. The company was founded by Lloyd Noble and Art Olson in 1921 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.