ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP – Get Free Report) and Weatherford International (NASDAQ:WFRD – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Weatherford International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of ProPetro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Weatherford International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for ProPetro and Weatherford International, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ProPetro | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.44 |
| Weatherford International | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2.82 |
Profitability
This table compares ProPetro and Weatherford International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ProPetro | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| Weatherford International | 8.76% | 28.07% | 8.34% |
Risk and Volatility
ProPetro has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weatherford International has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares ProPetro and Weatherford International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ProPetro | $1.27 billion | 1.34 | $820,000.00 | $0.01 | 1,390.10 |
| Weatherford International | $4.92 billion | 1.39 | $431.00 million | $5.93 | 16.07 |
Weatherford International has higher revenue and earnings than ProPetro. Weatherford International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProPetro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Weatherford International beats ProPetro on 14 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 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.
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