Contrasting Innovex International (INVX) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Innovex International and its competitors, 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	191	1395	1687	47	2.48

Innovex International currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. As a group, “Oil & gas field machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.87%. Given Innovex International’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Innovex International has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.2% of shares of all “Oil & gas field machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Innovex International	$550.34 million	$600,000.00	8.89
Innovex International Competitors	$4.39 billion	-$154.22 million	12.51

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.

Summary

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

About Innovex International

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.