National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR – Get Free Report) and Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ:GEOS – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings and risk.
Profitability
This table compares National Energy Services Reunited and Geospace Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| National Energy Services Reunited | 5.77% | 12.07% | 6.22% |
| Geospace Technologies | -43.10% | -35.80% | -28.30% |
Risk and Volatility
National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geospace Technologies has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| National Energy Services Reunited | $1.32 billion | 2.48 | $51.13 million | $0.92 | 35.41 |
| Geospace Technologies | $91.85 million | 0.72 | -$9.72 million | ($3.08) | -1.66 |
National Energy Services Reunited has higher revenue and earnings than Geospace Technologies. Geospace Technologies 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.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
15.5% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Geospace Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Geospace Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for National Energy Services Reunited and Geospace Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| National Energy Services Reunited | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.11 |
| Geospace Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
National Energy Services Reunited currently has a consensus target price of $33.86, suggesting a potential upside of 3.92%. Given National Energy Services Reunited’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Energy Services Reunited is more favorable than Geospace Technologies.
Summary
National Energy Services Reunited beats Geospace Technologies on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Geospace Technologies
Geospace Technologies Corporation designs and manufactures instruments and equipment used in the oil and gas industry to acquire seismic data in order to locate, characterize, and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets, and Emerging Markets. The Oil and Gas Markets segment offers wireless seismic data acquisition systems and reservoir characterization products and services, as well as traditional seismic exploration products, such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wires, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices, and other seismic products. The Adjacent Markets segment provides industrial products, including imaging equipment, water meter products, remote shut-off valves, and Internet of Things platform, as well as seismic sensors for vibration monitoring and geotechnical applications, such as mine safety and earthquake detection applications; and electronic pre-press products that employ direct thermal imaging, direct-to-screen printing systems, and digital inkjet printing technologies targeted at the commercial and industrial graphics, textile, and flexographic printing industries. The Emerging Markets segment designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance, cross-border tunneling detection, and other products targeted at movement monitoring, intrusion detection, and situational awareness. This segment serves various agencies of the United States government, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies. The company operates in Asia, Canada, Europe, South America, the United States, and internationally. Geospace Technologies Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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