Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS) vs Nine Energy Service, Inc. (NINE)

Geospace Technologies Corporation 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 $57.1M — 1.9× the size. Geospace Technologies Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nine Energy Service, Inc. trades at 9.1×. Nine Energy Service, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −7.15% against −20.5%. Nine Energy Service, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.7% vs −43.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (−6.36% vs −28.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Nine Energy Service, Inc. leads on 14 and Geospace Technologies Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric GEOS NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E n/m 9.10 21.47
P/S 0.58 0.18 1.18
P/B 0.56 0.76 1.72
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.81
EV/EBITDA n/m 4.56 8.77
EV/Sales 0.53 0.33 1.32
Earnings yield (74.22%) 10.99% 4.14%
Free cash flow yield (34.50%) (40.48%) 4.85%

Profitability

Metric GEOS NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 8.00% 13.91% 23.47%
Operating margin (44.65%) (3.99%) 7.40%
Net margin (43.10%) 12.66% 4.12%
Free cash flow margin (20.17%) (7.46%) 2.08%
Return on equity (34.42%) 283.76% 4.55%
Return on assets (28.79%) 20.00% 2.45%
Return on invested capital (28.21%) (6.36%) 4.26%

Growth

Metric GEOS NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (20.50%) (7.15%) 4.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (52.00%) (13.49%) (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.76% 12.57% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GEOS NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.76 0.45
Current ratio 2.44 2.34 2.05
Net debt to EBITDA 20.12 4.95 1.12

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GEOS NINE Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 57.05m 109.37m 1.59b

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