Analyzing Viridien (CGGYY) & Its Rivals

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.1% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Viridien and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viridien	7.49%	8.17%	3.01%
Viridien Competitors	-11.50%	6.13%	1.47%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Viridien and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Viridien	$1.08 billion	$12.90 million	6.27
Viridien Competitors	$3.15 billion	$26.09 million	27.25

Viridien’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Viridien. Viridien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Viridien has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viridien’s peers have a beta of 0.76, suggesting that their average stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Viridien peers beat Viridien on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Viridien Company Profile

CGG engages in the provision of data, products, services, and solutions in Earth science, data science, sensing, and monitoring in North America, Latin America, the Central and South Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments: Data, Digital & Energy Transition (DDE); and Sensing & Monitoring (SMO). The DDE segments engages in the developing and licensing Earth data seismic surveys; processing and imaging seismic data; sale of seismic data processing software under the Geovation brand; provision of geoscience and petroleum engineering consulting services; and collecting, developing, and licensing geological data. The SMO segment is involved in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of seismic equipment for the land and marine seismic data acquisition, including seismic recording equipment, software, and seismic sources for land vibrators or marine sources, and sensing and monitoring equipment and solutions under the Sercel, Metrolog, GRC, DeRegt, and Geocomp brand names. This segment also provides customer support services, such as training. It provides its solutions for natural resources, environmental, infrastructure, energy transition, and digital applications. The company was formerly known as Compagnie Générale de Géophysique Veritas SA and changed its name to CGG in 2013. CGG was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Massy, France.