Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI – Get Free Report) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI – Get Free Report) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Solaris Energy Infrastructure and TechnipFMC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | 4.80% | 6.66% | 4.12% |
| TechnipFMC | 7.63% | 20.11% | 6.68% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Solaris Energy Infrastructure and TechnipFMC”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | $313.09 million | 4.57 | $24.34 million | $0.49 | 43.48 |
| TechnipFMC | $9.08 billion | 1.17 | $56.20 million | $1.92 | 13.15 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TechnipFMC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Solaris Energy Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Solaris Energy Infrastructure pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TechnipFMC pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Solaris Energy Infrastructure and TechnipFMC, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.17 |
| TechnipFMC | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 |
Solaris Energy Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $45.75, suggesting a potential upside of 114.72%. TechnipFMC has a consensus price target of $36.31, suggesting a potential upside of 43.80%. Given Solaris Energy Infrastructure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Solaris Energy Infrastructure is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
Volatility and Risk
Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TechnipFMC beats Solaris Energy Infrastructure on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Solaris Energy Infrastructure
Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture of patented mobile proppant management systems that unload, store, and deliver proppant to oil and natural gas well sites. Its products include Mobile Proppant and Mobile Chemical Management Systems, and Inventory Management Software. The firm’s services include field, last mile management, and transloading services. The company was founded by William A. Zartler in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.
About TechnipFMC
TechnipFMC plc engages in the energy projects, technologies, and systems and services businesses in Europe, Central Asia, North America, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Subsea and Surface Technologies. The Subsea segment engages in the design, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, fabrication, installation, and life of field services for subsea systems, subsea field infrastructure, and subsea pipe systems used in oil and gas production and transportation. It provides subsea production and processing system; flexible pipe; subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines; vessels; robotics; well and asset services; and Subsea Studio for optimizing the development, execution, and operation of current and future subsea fields. The Surface Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and services products and systems used in land and shallow water exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. This segment offers drilling; surface wellheads and production trees systems; iComplete, a pressure control system; fracturing tree and manifold systems; flexible pipes; safety and integrity systems, multiphase meter modules, in-line separation and processing systems, and standard pumps; well control and integrity systems; separation and processing systems; skid systems; and flow measurement and automation solutions. It also offers planning, testing and installation, commissioning, operations, replacement and upgrade, maintenance, storage, preservation, intervention, integrity, decommissioning, and abandonment; and supplies flowline products and services. TechnipFMC plc was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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