Head to Head Contrast: Flotek Industries (FTK) vs. Its Peers

Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) is one of 295 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Flotek Industries to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Flotek Industries and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flotek Industries	0	0	4	1	3.20
Flotek Industries Competitors	3241	12199	14119	516	2.40

Flotek Industries currently has a consensus target price of $34.67, suggesting a potential upside of 55.70%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 8.57%. Given Flotek Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flotek Industries is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Flotek Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flotek Industries’ rivals have a beta of 0.93, meaning that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Flotek Industries and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flotek Industries	8.81%	24.56%	12.01%
Flotek Industries Competitors	-59.66%	0.26%	-1.43%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Flotek Industries and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flotek Industries	$237.26 million	$30.53 million	22.49
Flotek Industries Competitors	$8.00 billion	$222.31 million	-1.27

Flotek Industries’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Flotek Industries. Flotek Industries is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Flotek Industries beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Flotek Industries Company Profile

Flotek Industries, Inc. operates as a technology-driven green chemistry and data company that serves customers across industrial and commercial markets in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Chemistry Technologies (CT) and Data Analytics (DA). The CT segment designs, develops, manufactures, packages, distributes, delivers, and markets green specialty chemicals that enhance the profitability of hydrocarbon producers, as well as green specialty chemistries, and logistics and technology services. This segment primarily serves integrated oil and gas, oilfield services, independent oil and gas, national and state-owned oil, geothermal energy, solar energy, and alternative energy companies. The DA segment designs, develops, produces, sells, and supports equipment and services that create and provide valuable information on the composition and properties of energy customers' hydrocarbon fluids. It sells its products directly through a mix of in-house sales professionals, as well as contractual agency agreements. Flotek Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.