KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (KLXE) vs Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NGS)

KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. and Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $429.5M against $178.0M — 2.4× the size. KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. trades at 20.1×. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.4% against −4.76%. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.8% vs −9.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.10% vs −4.43%). Across the 19 metrics below, Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. leads on 12 and KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KLXE NGS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E n/m 20.12 24.78
P/S 0.05 2.19 1.28
P/B n/m 1.41 1.85
Price to free cash flow 2.44 n/m 15.03
EV/EBITDA 4.04 9.00 8.93
EV/Sales 0.52 3.92 1.40
Earnings yield (196.27%) 4.97% 3.12%
Free cash flow yield 40.90% (7.51%) 5.01%

Profitability

Metric KLXE NGS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 21.00% 59.72% 23.27%
Operating margin (2.19%) 21.57% 9.34%
Net margin (9.71%) 10.81% 4.69%
Free cash flow margin 2.12% (16.47%) 5.05%
Return on equity 82.49% 7.30% 4.92%
Return on assets (16.64%) 3.29% 2.37%
Return on invested capital (4.43%) 4.10% 4.32%

Growth

Metric KLXE NGS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.76%) 15.42% 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.99%) 14.60% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.86% 20.42% 10.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 61.60% 0.00%

Health

Metric KLXE NGS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity (2.99) 1.11 0.46
Current ratio 1.18 2.01 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 3.88 3.06 0.76

Dividend

Metric KLXE NGS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.12%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric KLXE NGS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 177.96m 429.51m 1.81b

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