Profire Energy (NASDAQ:PFIE – Get Free Report) and Innovex International (NYSE:INVX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Profire Energy and Innovex International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Profire Energy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Innovex International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Profire Energy presently has a consensus price target of $2.55, suggesting a potential upside of 0.39%. Innovex International has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.81%. Given Innovex International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Innovex International is more favorable than Profire Energy.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Profire Energy | $60.02 million | 1.96 | $10.78 million | $0.18 | 14.11 |
| Innovex International | $550.34 million | 1.82 | $600,000.00 | $1.41 | 10.55 |
Profire Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Innovex International. Innovex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Profire Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
38.5% of Profire Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Profire Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Innovex International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Profire Energy and Innovex International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Profire Energy | 14.86% | 15.12% | 13.36% |
| Innovex International | 12.31% | -0.73% | -0.61% |
Risk & Volatility
Profire Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovex International has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Profire Energy beats Innovex International on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Profire Energy
Profire Energy, Inc., a technology company, engages in the engineering and design of burner, and combustion management systems and solutions for natural and forced draft applications in the United States and Canada. It primarily focuses on the upstream, midstream, and downstream transmission segments of the oil and gas industry. The company also sells and installs its systems in South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Profire Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Lindon, Utah.
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.
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