Comparing Freestone Resources (OTCMKTS:FSNR) & Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX)

Freestone Resources (OTCMKTS:FSNR) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Freestone Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Freestone Resources and Helix Energy Solutions Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freestone Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Helix Energy Solutions Group	$1.29 billion	1.15	$30.83 million	$0.10	101.20

Helix Energy Solutions Group has higher revenue and earnings than Freestone Resources.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Freestone Resources and Helix Energy Solutions Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freestone Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
Helix Energy Solutions Group	1	1	2	0	2.25

Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Helix Energy Solutions Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than Freestone Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Freestone Resources and Helix Energy Solutions Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freestone Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Helix Energy Solutions Group	1.10%	1.82%	1.09%

Summary

Helix Energy Solutions Group beats Freestone Resources on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freestone Resources

Freestone Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas technology development company, which engages in the development and marketing of technologies and solvents. The company was founded on January 22, 1997 and is headquartered in Ennis, TX.

About Helix Energy Solutions Group

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, an offshore energy services company, provides specialty services to the offshore energy industry in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, the East Coast of the United States, North Sea, the Asia Pacific, and West Africa regions. The company operates through four segments: Well Intervention, Robotics, Production Facilities, and Shallow Water Abandonment segments. It engages in the installation of flowlines, control umbilicals, and manifold assemblies and risers; trenching and burial of pipelines; installation and tie-in of riser and manifold assembly; commissioning, testing, and inspection activities; and provision of cable and umbilical lay, and connection services. The company also provides well intervention, intervention engineering, and production enhancement services; coiled tubing operations; inspection, repair, and maintenance of production structures, trees, jumpers, risers, pipelines, and subsea equipment; and related support services. In addition, it offers reclamation and remediation services; well plug and abandonment services; pipeline, cable and umbilical abandonment services; and site inspections. Additionally, the company offers oil and natural gas processing facilities and services; and fast response system, as well as site clearance and subsea support services. Further, it provides offshore oilfield decommissioning and reclamation, project management, engineered solutions, intervention, maintenance, repair, heavy lift, and commercial diving services. It serves independent oil and gas producers and suppliers, pipeline transmission companies, renewable energy companies, and offshore engineering and construction firms. The company was formerly known as Cal Dive International, Inc. and changed its name to Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. in March 2006. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.