Nine Energy Service, Inc. (NINE) vs Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON)

Nine Energy Service, Inc. and Recon Technology, Ltd. are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Nine Energy Service, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $94.7M against $1.7M — 55.7× the size. Recon Technology, Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 2.8× against 9.1×. Recon Technology, Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 36.4% against −7.15%. Recon Technology, Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.2% vs 12.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −6.36%). Across the 18 metrics below, Recon Technology, Ltd. leads on 15 and Nine Energy Service, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric NINE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 9.13 2.77 20.63
P/S 0.19 n/m 0.99
P/B 0.77 n/m 1.63
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 13.24
EV/EBITDA 4.57 0.27 7.99
EV/Sales 0.34 (0.25) 1.25
Earnings yield 10.95% 36.14% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield (40.31%) (1,455,060.24%) 5.14%

Profitability

Metric NINE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 13.91% 25.29% 22.46%
Operating margin (3.99%) 0.00% 7.53%
Net margin 12.66% 28.18% 4.60%
Free cash flow margin (7.46%) 0.00% 4.05%
Return on equity 283.76% 0.00% 5.24%
Return on assets 20.00% 0.00% 2.54%
Return on invested capital (6.36%) 0.00% 4.27%

Growth

Metric NINE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.15%) 36.41% 4.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (13.49%) 69.78% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.57% 16.89% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NINE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 0.76 0.08 0.41
Current ratio 2.34 4.24 2.04
Net debt to EBITDA 4.95 0.19 1.12

Dividend

Metric NINE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.44%
Payout ratio — — 0.35

Size

Metric NINE RCON Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 94.72m 1.70m 1.34b

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