Critical Contrast: Geospace Technologies (GEOS) & Its Peers

Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ:GEOS) is one of 177 publicly-traded companies in the “Energy Equipment & Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Geospace Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Geospace Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Geospace Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00
Geospace Technologies Competitors	1670	6829	8615	489	2.45

As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies have a potential upside of 38.80%. Given Geospace Technologies’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Geospace Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.2% of Geospace Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Geospace Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Geospace Technologies and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Geospace Technologies	$110.80 million	-$9.72 million	-1.21
Geospace Technologies Competitors	$3.24 billion	$29.73 million	12.40

Geospace Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Geospace Technologies. Geospace Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Geospace Technologies has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geospace Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 0.82, suggesting that their average share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Geospace Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Geospace Technologies	-43.10%	-35.80%	-28.30%
Geospace Technologies Competitors	-10.65%	7.48%	1.47%

Summary

Geospace Technologies competitors beat Geospace Technologies on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Geospace Technologies Company Profile

Geospace Technologies Corporation designs and manufactures instruments and equipment used in the oil and gas industry to acquire seismic data in order to locate, characterize, and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets, and Emerging Markets. The Oil and Gas Markets segment offers wireless seismic data acquisition systems and reservoir characterization products and services, as well as traditional seismic exploration products, such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wires, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices, and other seismic products. The Adjacent Markets segment provides industrial products, including imaging equipment, water meter products, remote shut-off valves, and Internet of Things platform, as well as seismic sensors for vibration monitoring and geotechnical applications, such as mine safety and earthquake detection applications; and electronic pre-press products that employ direct thermal imaging, direct-to-screen printing systems, and digital inkjet printing technologies targeted at the commercial and industrial graphics, textile, and flexographic printing industries. The Emerging Markets segment designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance, cross-border tunneling detection, and other products targeted at movement monitoring, intrusion detection, and situational awareness. This segment serves various agencies of the United States government, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies. The company operates in Asia, Canada, Europe, South America, the United States, and internationally. Geospace Technologies Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.