Viridien (OTCMKTS:CGGYY – Get Free Report) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Viridien and Natural Gas Services Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Viridien | 7.49% | 8.17% | 3.01% |
| Natural Gas Services Group | 12.17% | 7.99% | 3.86% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Viridien and Natural Gas Services Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Viridien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Natural Gas Services Group | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.25 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Viridien and Natural Gas Services Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Viridien | $1.08 billion | 0.60 | $12.90 million | $17.00 | 5.30 |
| Natural Gas Services Group | $172.32 million | 2.68 | $19.93 million | $1.72 | 21.34 |
Natural Gas Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viridien. Viridien is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Viridien has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats Viridien on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Viridien
CGG engages in the provision of data, products, services, and solutions in Earth science, data science, sensing, and monitoring in North America, Latin America, the Central and South Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments: Data, Digital & Energy Transition (DDE); and Sensing & Monitoring (SMO). The DDE segments engages in the developing and licensing Earth data seismic surveys; processing and imaging seismic data; sale of seismic data processing software under the Geovation brand; provision of geoscience and petroleum engineering consulting services; and collecting, developing, and licensing geological data. The SMO segment is involved in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of seismic equipment for the land and marine seismic data acquisition, including seismic recording equipment, software, and seismic sources for land vibrators or marine sources, and sensing and monitoring equipment and solutions under the Sercel, Metrolog, GRC, DeRegt, and Geocomp brand names. This segment also provides customer support services, such as training. It provides its solutions for natural resources, environmental, infrastructure, energy transition, and digital applications. The company was formerly known as Compagnie Générale de Géophysique Veritas SA and changed its name to CGG in 2013. CGG was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Massy, France.
About Natural Gas Services Group
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. provides natural gas compression equipment and services to the energy industry in the United States. It engineers and fabricates, operates, rents, and maintains natural gas compressors for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. It also designs, fabricates, and assembles compressor units for rental or sale; and designs, manufactures, and sells a line of reciprocating natural gas compressor frames, cylinders, and parts. In addition, the company offers flare stacks and related ignition and control devices for the onshore and offshore incineration of gas compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gases. Further, it provides aftermarket services for its compressor and flare sales business; and exchange and rebuild program for small horsepower screw compressors. It markets its products to exploration and production companies that utilize compressor units for artificial lift applications; and oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.
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