Dawson Geophysical Company (DWSN) vs Nine Energy Service, Inc. (NINE)

Dawson Geophysical Company and Nine Energy Service, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Nine Energy Service, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $109.4M against $56.8M — 1.9× the size. Nine Energy Service, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.1× against 14.1×. Dawson Geophysical Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 86.3% against −7.15%. Nine Energy Service, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.7% vs 3.49%) and the lower return on invested capital (−6.36% vs 12.4%). Across the 20 metrics below, Nine Energy Service, Inc. leads on 11 and Dawson Geophysical Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric DWSN NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 14.08 9.10 21.47
P/S 0.50 0.18 1.18
P/B 2.62 0.76 1.72
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.81
EV/EBITDA 4.71 4.56 8.77
EV/Sales 0.54 0.33 1.32
Earnings yield 7.10% 10.99% 4.14%
Free cash flow yield (8.01%) (40.48%) 4.85%

Profitability

Metric DWSN NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 22.31% 13.91% 23.47%
Operating margin 4.59% (3.99%) 7.40%
Net margin 3.49% 12.66% 4.12%
Free cash flow margin (4.03%) (7.46%) 2.08%
Return on equity 19.96% 283.76% 4.55%
Return on assets 7.20% 20.00% 2.45%
Return on invested capital 12.43% (6.36%) 4.26%

Growth

Metric DWSN NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 86.31% (7.15%) 4.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 53.85% (13.49%) (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.56%) 12.57% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DWSN NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.51 0.76 0.45
Current ratio 0.87 2.34 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA 1.51 4.95 1.12

Dividend

Metric DWSN NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.53%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.39

Size

Metric DWSN NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 56.83m 109.37m 1.59b

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