Drilling Tools International (NASDAQ:DTI – Get Free Report) and Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Drilling Tools International and Flotek Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Drilling Tools International | $159.63 million | 0.56 | -$3.76 million | ($0.11) | -23.00 |
| Flotek Industries | $237.26 million | 3.66 | $30.53 million | $0.78 | 30.81 |
Profitability
This table compares Drilling Tools International and Flotek Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Drilling Tools International | -2.35% | 0.45% | 0.24% |
| Flotek Industries | 11.83% | 20.70% | 10.23% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Drilling Tools International and Flotek Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Drilling Tools International | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Flotek Industries | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
Flotek Industries has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.38%. Given Flotek Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than Drilling Tools International.
Volatility & Risk
Drilling Tools International has a beta of -0.66, indicating that its share price is 166% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
2.8% of Drilling Tools International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Drilling Tools International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Flotek Industries beats Drilling Tools International on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Drilling Tools International
Drilling Tools International Corporation provides oilfield equipment and services to oil and natural gas sectors in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. It offers downhole tool rentals, machining, and inspection services to support the global drilling and wellbore construction industry. The company also provides products are bottom hole assembly components, such as stabilizers, subs, non-magnetic and steel drill collars, hole openers, and roller reamers, as well as drill pipe and drill pipe accessories; ancillary equipment and handling tools to support its rental platform, including float valves, ring gauges, tool baskets, lift bail, lift subs, mud magnets, elevators, bracket and bail assemblies, slips, tongs, stabbing guides and safety clamps; and blowout preventers, and pressure control accessory equipment. In addition, it offers tool rental services, which consists of rental, inspection, machining, and repair services; rents downhole drilling tools used in horizontal and directional drilling of oil and natural gas; rents kellys, pip joints, work strings; maintains a fleet of rental equipment consisting of drill collars, stabilizers, crossover subs, wellbore conditioning tools, drill pipe, hevi-wate drill pipe, and tubing; rents surface control equipment, such as blowout preventers and handling tools; and provides downhole products for producing wells. Drilling Tools International Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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.
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