Contrasting Innovex International (INVX) and The Competition

Innovex International (NYSE:INVX) is one of 25 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil & gas field machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Innovex International to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Innovex International and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovex International	$550.34 million	$600,000.00	9.25
Innovex International Competitors	$4.39 billion	-$154.22 million	12.55

Innovex International’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Innovex International. Innovex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Innovex International and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innovex International	1	0	0	0	1.00
Innovex International Competitors	192	1395	1688	47	2.48

Innovex International presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.03%. As a group, “Oil & gas field machinery” companies have a potential upside of 29.52%. Given Innovex International’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Innovex International has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

Innovex International has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovex International’s competitors have a beta of 1.42, suggesting that their average stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Innovex International and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Innovex International	12.31%	-0.73%	-0.61%
Innovex International Competitors	2.62%	7.27%	4.56%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.2% of shares of all “Oil & gas field machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Innovex International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of shares of all “Oil & gas field machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Innovex International competitors beat Innovex International on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Innovex International Company Profile

Innovex Downhole Solutions Inc. designs, manufactures and installs mission-critical drilling & deployment, well construction, completion, production and fishing & intervention solutions to support upstream onshore and offshore activities. Innovex Downhole Solutions Inc., formerly known as Dril-Quip, is based in HOUSTON.