Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. (CELP) versus CGG SA (NYSE:CGV) Financial Comparison

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CELP) and CGG SA (NYSE:CGV) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitabiliy, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. and CGG SA’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.	$289.25 million	0.26	$14.26 million	($0.20)	-31.15
CGG SA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. has higher revenue and earnings than CGG SA.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.7% of Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. and CGG SA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.	-0.43%	5.84%	0.64%
CGG SA	-59.09%	-55.25%	-12.45%

Dividends

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. CGG SA does not pay a dividend. Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. and CGG SA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.	0	3	0	0	2.00
CGG SA	0	0	0	0	N/A

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.41%. Given Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. is more favorable than CGG SA.

Summary

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. beats CGG SA on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cypress Energy Partners, L.P.

Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. is a limited partnership company, which serves energy companies throughout North America. The Company provides independent pipeline inspection and integrity services to producers and pipeline companies and water and environmental services with salt water disposal (SWD) facilities to the United States onshore oil and natural gas producers and trucking companies. It operates through three segments: Pipeline Inspection Services (PIS), which provides independent inspection services to various energy, public utility and pipeline companies in both the United States and Canada; Integrity Services (IS), which provides hydrostatic testing services to natural gas and petroleum companies and pipeline construction companies of newly constructed and existing natural gas and petroleum pipelines, and Water and Environmental Services (W&ES), which provides SWD services to oil and natural gas producers and trucking companies.

About CGG SA

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.