NPK International (NPKI) and Its Competitors Financial Survey

NPK International (NYSE:NPKI) is one of 28 public companies in the “Oil & gas field machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare NPK International to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

80.8% of NPK International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of shares of all “Oil & gas field machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of NPK International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of shares of all “Oil & gas field machinery” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for NPK International and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NPK International	0	0	1	0	3.00
NPK International Competitors	204	1416	1738	51	2.48

NPK International presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 113.14%. As a group, “Oil & gas field machinery” companies have a potential upside of 44.69%. Given NPK International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NPK International is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

NPK International has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NPK International’s peers have a beta of 1.32, meaning that their average share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares NPK International and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NPK International	-28.47%	5.93%	4.08%
NPK International Competitors	0.13%	6.91%	4.50%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NPK International and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NPK International	$217.49 million	$14.52 million	-3.27
NPK International Competitors	$4.25 billion	-$120.76 million	10.16

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

Summary

NPK International peers beat NPK International on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

NPK International Company Profile

NPK International Inc. provides products, rentals, and services primarily to the oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. It operates through two segments, Fluids Systems and Industrial Solutions. The Fluids Systems segment provides drilling, completion, and stimulation fluids products and related technical services to customers primarily in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as other countries in the Asia Pacific and Latin America. The Industrial Solutions segment offers composite matting system rentals utilized for temporary worksite access; related site construction and services to customers in various markets, including power transmission, E&P, pipeline, renewable energy, petrochemical, construction, and other industries primarily in the United States and Europe; recyclable composite mats to customers worldwide; and access road construction, site planning and preparation, environmental protection, erosion control, and site restoration services. The company was formerly known as Newpark Resources, Inc. and changed its name to NPK International Inc. in December 2024. The company was incorporated in 1932 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.