Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (NGS) vs Tetra Technologies, Inc. (TTI)

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. and Tetra Technologies, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Tetra Technologies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $867.7M against $417.9M — 2.1× the size. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.9× against 147×. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.4% against 5.70%. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.8% vs 0.97%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.10% vs 6.69%). Across the 21 metrics below, Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. leads on 13 and Tetra Technologies, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric NGS TTI Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 19.88 146.50 22.68
P/S 2.17 1.27 1.27
P/B 1.39 2.00 1.81
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.93
EV/EBITDA 8.95 9.77 8.94
EV/Sales 3.90 1.31 1.40
Earnings yield 5.03% 0.68% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield (7.60%) (1.77%) 5.32%

Profitability

Metric NGS TTI Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 59.72% 23.17% 23.22%
Operating margin 21.57% 7.26% 9.28%
Net margin 10.81% 0.97% 5.22%
Free cash flow margin (16.47%) (2.25%) 2.99%
Return on equity 7.30% 1.78% 5.46%
Return on assets 3.29% 0.86% 2.82%
Return on invested capital 4.10% 6.69% 4.10%

Growth

Metric NGS TTI Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.42% 5.70% 3.89%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 14.60% (97.56%) (13.49%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.42% 10.81% 14.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 61.60% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NGS TTI Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 1.11 0.45 0.45
Current ratio 2.01 2.46 2.09
Net debt to EBITDA 3.06 1.15 0.94

Dividend

Metric NGS TTI Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 1.60% — 1.48%
Payout ratio 0.32 — 0.39

Size

Metric NGS TTI Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 417.90m 867.71m 1.61b

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