Head to Head Survey: Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK) & Petrofac (OTCMKTS:POFCY)

Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK) and Petrofac (OTCMKTS:POFCY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Petrofac’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mammoth Energy Services	16.46%	-21.46%	-16.05%
Petrofac	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Petrofac”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mammoth Energy Services	$44.29 million	3.49	$4.60 million	$0.21	15.29
Petrofac	$2.50 billion	0.00	-$505.00 million	N/A	N/A

Mammoth Energy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petrofac.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Mammoth Energy Services and Petrofac, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mammoth Energy Services	1	0	0	0	1.00
Petrofac	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Petrofac’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Petrofac is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.

Volatility & Risk

Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrofac has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

About Mammoth Energy Services

Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. operates as an energy services company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Well Completion Services, Infrastructure Services, Natural Sand Proppant Services, and Drilling Services. The company offers pressure pumping and hydraulic fracturing, sand hauling, and water transfer services; and master services agreements. It also provides a range of services on electric transmission and distribution, and networks and substation facilities, including engineering, design, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage overhead and underground distribution systems; storm repair and restoration services; and commercial services comprising installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial wiring. In addition, the company mines, processes, and sells natural sand proppant used for hydraulic fracturing; buys processed sand from suppliers on the spot market for resale; and provides logistics solutions to facilitate delivery of frac sand products. Further, it offers contract land and directional drilling services; and rig moving services. Additionally, the company offers aviation services, equipment rental, remote accommodation, and equipment manufacturing services. It serves government-funded, private, public investor-owned, and co-operative utilities; independent oil and natural gas producers; and land-based drilling contractors. The company was formerly known as Mammoth Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. in October 2016. Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

About Petrofac

Petrofac Limited designs, builds, manages, and maintains infrastructure for the energy industries in the United Kingdom, Algeria, Thailand, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Engineering & Construction (E&C); Asset Solutions; and Integrated Energy Services (IES). The E&C segment provides onshore and offshore engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning services. The Asset Solutions segment offers concept, feasibility, and front-end engineering design services, as well as manages and maintains onshore and offshore operations. The IES segment focuses on delivering value from the existing asset portfolio. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in St Helier, Jersey.