Contrasting Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro (OTCMKTS:PHOJY) & Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK)

Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro (OTCMKTS:PHOJY) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Flotek Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Flotek Industries and Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro’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%
Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Flotek Industries and Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flotek Industries	0	1	4	0	2.80
Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro	0	0	0	0	0.00

Flotek Industries currently has a consensus target price of $28.33, suggesting a potential downside of 21.98%. Given Flotek Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Flotek Industries and Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flotek Industries	$292.97 million	4.48	$30.53 million	$0.99	36.68
Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Flotek Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro.

Summary

Flotek Industries beats Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro on 9 of the 9 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 Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro

Public Joint-Stock Company PhosAgro, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of apatite concentrate and mineral fertilizers in Russia and internationally. It also offers feed phosphates; phosphate rock; and industrial products, such as syenite alkali aluminum concentrate, titanomagnetite concentrate, nepheline concentrate, aegirine concentrate, oleum, sulphuric acid, sodiumsilicofluoride, aluminum fluoride, nitric acid, and ammonia solution. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.