Head-To-Head Contrast: WBI (NYSE:WBI) versus Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR)

Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) and WBI (NYSE:WBI) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.6% of WBI shares are owned by insiders. 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 Nabors Industries and WBI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nabors Industries	7.64%	-7.06%	-1.45%
WBI	0.54%	0.85%	0.41%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Nabors Industries and WBI, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nabors Industries	0	6	2	0	2.25
WBI	0	2	4	1	2.86

Nabors Industries presently has a consensus target price of $102.57, suggesting a potential upside of 13.37%. WBI has a consensus target price of $36.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.52%. Given WBI’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WBI is more favorable than Nabors Industries.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nabors Industries and WBI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nabors Industries	$3.21 billion	0.45	$286.62 million	$13.44	6.73
WBI	$525.55 million	7.60	$11.89 million	$0.08	404.26

Nabors Industries has higher revenue and earnings than WBI. Nabors Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WBI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

WBI beats Nabors Industries on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nabors Industries

Nabors Industries Ltd. provides drilling and drilling-related services for land-based and offshore oil and natural gas wells in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: U.S. Drilling, International Drilling, Drilling Solutions, and Rig Technologies. It provides tubular running services, including casing and tubing running, and torque monitoring; managed pressure drilling services; and drilling-bit steering systems and rig instrumentation software. The company also offers drilling systems comprising ROCKit, a directional steering control system; SmartNAV, a collaborative guidance and advisory platform; SmartSLIDE, a directional steering control system; and RigCLOUD, a digital infrastructure to integrate applications to deliver real-time insight into operations across the rig fleet. In addition, it operates a fleet of land-based drilling rigs and marketed platforms rigs; manufactures and sells top drives, catwalks, wrenches, drawworks, and other drilling related equipment, such as robotic systems and downhole tools; and provides aftermarket sales and services for the installed base of its equipment. Nabors Industries Ltd. was founded in 1952 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

About WBI

WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC is an integrated, pure-play water infrastructure company. WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC is based in HOUSTON.