CSI Compressco (NASDAQ: CCLP) and Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares CSI Compressco and Forum Energy Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CSI Compressco | -17.01% | -36.43% | -6.45% |
| Forum Energy Technologies | -18.89% | -4.55% | -3.03% |
Dividends
CSI Compressco pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Forum Energy Technologies does not pay a dividend. CSI Compressco pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for CSI Compressco and Forum Energy Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CSI Compressco | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Forum Energy Technologies | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2.38 |
CSI Compressco currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 96.94%. Forum Energy Technologies has a consensus target price of $20.40, suggesting a potential upside of 94.29%. Given CSI Compressco’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CSI Compressco is more favorable than Forum Energy Technologies.
Risk and Volatility
CSI Compressco has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares CSI Compressco and Forum Energy Technologies’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CSI Compressco | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($1.50) | -3.05 |
| Forum Energy Technologies | $657.68 million | 1.54 | -$22.64 million | ($1.31) | -8.02 |
CSI Compressco has higher revenue, but lower earnings than Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSI Compressco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
28.2% of CSI Compressco shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Forum Energy Technologies beats CSI Compressco on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
CSI Compressco Company Profile
CSI Compressco LP is a provider of compression services and equipment for natural gas and oil production, gathering, transportation, processing and storage. The Company sells custom-designed compressor packages and oilfield fluid pump systems, and provides aftermarket services and compressor package parts and components manufactured by third-party suppliers. It provides these compression services and equipment to a base of natural gas and oil exploration and production, midstream and transmission companies operating throughout many of the onshore producing regions of the United States, as well as in a number of foreign countries, including Mexico, Canada and Argentina. It is a service provider of natural gas compression services in the United States, utilizing its fleet of compressor packages that employs a spectrum of low-, medium- and high-horsepower engines. As of December 31, 2016, its fleet included approximately 6,000 compressor packages.
Forum Energy Technologies Company Profile
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. is an oilfield products company. The Company designs, manufactures and distributes products, and engages in aftermarket services, parts supply and related services. The Company operates through three segments: Drilling & Subsea, Completions, and Production & Infrastructure. The Drilling & Subsea segment designs and manufactures products, and provides related services to the drilling and subsea construction markets. The Completions segment designs, manufactures and supplies products, and provide related services to the well construction, completion, stimulation and intervention markets. The Production & Infrastructure segment designs, manufactures and supplies products, and provides related equipment and services to production and infrastructure markets. Its product offering includes a mix of engineered capital products and replaced items that are used in the exploration, development, production and transportation of oil and natural gas.
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