Reviewing Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Victory Oilfield Tech (OTCMKTS:VYEY)

Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Victory Oilfield Tech (OTCMKTS:VYEY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Flotek Industries and Victory Oilfield Tech, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flotek Industries	0	1	2	1	3.00
Victory Oilfield Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Flotek Industries currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.83%. Given Victory Oilfield Tech’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victory Oilfield Tech is more favorable than Flotek Industries.

Volatility & Risk

Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Oilfield Tech has a beta of -0.67, meaning that its share price is 167% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Flotek Industries and Victory Oilfield Tech”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flotek Industries	$187.02 million	2.89	$10.50 million	$0.89	20.24
Victory Oilfield Tech	N/A	N/A	-$540,000.00	N/A	N/A

Flotek Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Victory Oilfield Tech.

Profitability

This table compares Flotek Industries and Victory Oilfield Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flotek Industries	14.48%	22.62%	12.96%
Victory Oilfield Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Flotek Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Victory Oilfield Tech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Flotek Industries beats Victory Oilfield Tech on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flotek Industries

Flotek Industries, Inc. operates as a technology-driven green chemistry and data company that serves customers across industrial and commercial markets in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Chemistry Technologies (CT) and Data Analytics (DA). The CT segment designs, develops, manufactures, packages, distributes, delivers, and markets green specialty chemicals that enhance the profitability of hydrocarbon producers, as well as green specialty chemistries, and logistics and technology services. This segment primarily serves integrated oil and gas, oilfield services, independent oil and gas, national and state-owned oil, geothermal energy, solar energy, and alternative energy companies. The DA segment designs, develops, produces, sells, and supports equipment and services that create and provide valuable information on the composition and properties of energy customers' hydrocarbon fluids. It sells its products directly through a mix of in-house sales professionals, as well as contractual agency agreements. Flotek Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Victory Oilfield Tech

Victory Oilfield Tech, Inc. operates as an oilfield energy technology products company in the United States. The company offers patented oil and gas drilling products. It also provides various hardbanding solutions to the oilfield operators for drill and weight pipes, tubing, and drill collars, as well as grinding services. The company was formerly known as Victory Energy Corporation and changed its name to Victory Oilfield Tech, Inc. in May 2018. Victory Oilfield Tech, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Austin, Texas.