Head-To-Head Contrast: Innovex International (INVX) versus Its Competitors

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Innovex International and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovex International	$550.34 million	$600,000.00	11.06
Innovex International Competitors	$4.39 billion	-$154.22 million	13.20

Innovex International’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Innovex International. Innovex 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.

Volatility & Risk

Innovex International has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovex International’s peers have a beta of 1.42, suggesting that their average share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Innovex International and its peers’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Innovex International and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Innovex International	1	0	0	0	1.00
Innovex International Competitors	194	1400	1693	47	2.48

Innovex International presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.78%. As a group, “Oil & gas field machinery” companies have a potential upside of 21.92%. Given Innovex International’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Innovex International has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Innovex International peers 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.