Head to Head Review: National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) vs. Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD)

Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD) and National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Weatherford International and National Energy Services Reunited, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weatherford International	1	2	7	0	2.60
National Energy Services Reunited	0	0	9	1	3.10

Weatherford International presently has a consensus price target of $114.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.13%. National Energy Services Reunited has a consensus price target of $33.57, indicating a potential downside of 1.32%. Given Weatherford International’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Weatherford International is more favorable than National Energy Services Reunited.

Profitability

This table compares Weatherford International and National Energy Services Reunited’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weatherford International	7.66%	21.50%	7.09%
National Energy Services Reunited	5.77%	12.07%	6.22%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.2% of Weatherford International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Weatherford International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Weatherford International has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Weatherford International and National Energy Services Reunited”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Weatherford International	$4.92 billion	1.30	$431.00 million	$5.07	17.59
National Energy Services Reunited	$1.62 billion	2.12	$51.13 million	$0.92	36.98

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

Summary

Weatherford International beats National Energy Services Reunited on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Weatherford International

Weatherford International plc, an energy services company, provides equipment and services for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil, geothermal, and natural gas wells worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Drilling and Evaluation; Well Construction and Completions; and Production and Intervention. It offers artificial lift systems, including reciprocating rod, progressing cavity pumping, gas, hydraulic, plunger, and hybrid lift systems, as well as related automation and control systems; pressure pumping and reservoir stimulation services, such as acidizing, fracturing, cementing, and coiled-tubing intervention; and software, automation and flow measurement solutions. The company also provides safety, downhole reservoir monitoring, flow control, and multistage fracturing systems, as well as sand-control technologies, and production and isolation packers; liner hangers to suspend a casing string in high-temperature and high-pressure wells; cementing products, including plugs, float and stage equipment, and torque-and-drag reduction technology for zonal isolation; and pre-job planning and installation services. In addition, it offers directional drilling services, and logging and measurement services while drilling; services related to rotary-steerable systems, high temperature and high pressure sensors, drilling reamers, and circulation subs; rotating control devices and advanced automated control systems, as well as closed loop drilling, air drilling, managed-pressure drilling, and underbalanced drilling services; open-hole and cased-hole logging services; and intervention and remediation services. Further, it provides tubular handling, management, and connection services; and re-entry, fishing, and well abandonment services, as well as patented bottom hole, tubular-handling equipment, pressure-control equipment, and drill pipe and collars. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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.