CGG (NYSE: CGG) and Select Energy Services (NASDAQ:WTTR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitabiliy, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CGG and Select Energy Services’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CGG | $1.13 billion | 0.08 | $358.80 million | ($30.71) | -0.14 |
| Select Energy Services | $323.49 million | 1.42 | $22.03 million | N/A | N/A |
CGG has higher revenue and earnings than Select Energy Services.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.9% of CGG shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares CGG and Select Energy Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CGG | -57.05% | -56.98% | -13.87% |
| Select Energy Services | -12.29% | -14.94% | -11.64% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for CGG and Select Energy Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CGG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Select Energy Services | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
Select Energy Services has a consensus target price of $19.71, indicating a potential upside of 29.27%. Given Select Energy Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Select Energy Services is more favorable than CGG.
Summary
Select Energy Services beats CGG on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CGG
CGG SA (CGG) is a manufacturer of geophysical equipment. The Company provides marine, land and airborne data acquisition services, as well as a range of other geoscience services, including data imaging, geoscience and petroleum engineering consulting services, and collecting, developing and licensing geological data. Its segments include Contractual Data Acquisition; Geology, Geophysics & Reservoir (GGR); Equipment, and Non-Operated Resources. The Contractual Data Acquisition includes marine, and land and multi-physics. Its GGR segment includes the Multi-client business line and the Subsurface Imaging and Reservoir business lines (processing and imaging of geophysical data, reservoir characterization, geophysical consulting and software services, geological data library and data management solutions). The Equipment segment consists of its manufacturing and sales activities for seismic equipment. It operates through Saturno, a multi-client survey over Santos Basin Offshore Brazil.
About Select Energy Services
Select Energy Services, Inc. is a holding company. The Company is provider of total water solutions to the United States unconventional oil and gas industry. The Company is engaged in sourcing and transfer of water prior to its use in drilling and completion activities associated with hydraulic fracturing or fracking, which collectively referrd to as pre-frac water services. The Company provides its services to integrated and exploration and production (E&P) companies. Its operating segments include water solutions, accommodation and rentals, and wellsite completion and constructive services. The Company’s services include water sourcing, water transfer, water treatment, fluid handling, disposal solutions, accommodations, rentals, and wellsite construction. The Company also provides complementary water-related services that support oil and gas well completion and production activities including containment, monitoring, treatment, flowback, hauling and disposal.
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