Financial Survey: ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) vs. Gaztransport & Technigaz (OTCMKTS:GZPZY)

Gaztransport & Technigaz (OTCMKTS:GZPZY) and ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Gaztransport & Technigaz and ChampionX, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gaztransport & Technigaz	0	0	0	0	N/A
ChampionX	0	2	3	0	2.60

ChampionX has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.89%. Given ChampionX’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Gaztransport & Technigaz.

Profitability

This table compares Gaztransport & Technigaz and ChampionX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gaztransport & Technigaz	N/A	N/A	N/A
ChampionX	8.66%	19.72%	10.17%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ChampionX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Gaztransport & Technigaz and ChampionX”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gaztransport & Technigaz	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ChampionX	$3.70 billion	1.52	$314.24 million	$1.84	16.07

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Gaztransport & Technigaz.

Summary

ChampionX beats Gaztransport & Technigaz on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gaztransport & Technigaz

Gaztransport & Technigaz SA, a technology and engineering company, provides cryogenic membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of liquefied gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in South Korea, China, Russia, and internationally. The company offers solutions, such as commercial vessel tanks, small and medium-capacity LNG carriers, bunker barges and vessels, and floating storage structures and bunkering stations for supplying LNG to merchant vessels other than LNG carriers; and LNG fuel storage solutions and related systems for the merchant vessels that use LNG as a marine fuel to replace the conventional fuel oils. It also provides membrane technology system for the bulk transportation and storage of LNG; and LNG Brick, a package for storage of gas for propulsion dedicated to ships requiring a small quantity of LNG. Further, it provides consultancy and engineering study, construction assistance, emergency response, training, and maintenance support services; and designs and assembles electrolysers for the production of green hydrogen, as well as offers smart shipping services; and digital services, such as in-depth data analytics. In addition, the company licenses its technologies to shipyards. The company serves shipyards, ship-owners, terminal operators, gas companies, and classification societies. Gaztransport & Technigaz SA was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, France.

About ChampionX

ChampionX Corporation provides chemistry solutions, artificial lift systems, and engineered equipment and technologies to oil and gas companies worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Production Chemical Technologies, Production & Automation Technologies, Drilling Technologies, and Reservoir Chemical Technologies. The Production Chemical Technologies segment offers onshore, offshore, and oil sands chemical solutions, such as corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, emulsion breakers, and biocides to oil and natural gas production and midstream markets to manage and control corrosion, oil and water separation, flow assurance, sour gas treatment, and water-related issues. The Production & Automation Technologies segment provides artificial lift equipment, end-to-end digital automation solutions, and other production equipment and emissions monitoring solutions, including electrical submersible pumping systems, gas lift systems, jet pumps, multiplex surface pumps, plunger lift equipment, progressive cavity pumping systems, downhole rod lift systems, methane emissions monitoring solutions, chemical injection systems, flow control valves, and gauges under the Harbison-Fischer, Norris, Alberta Oil Tool, Oil Lift Technology, PCS Ferguson, Pro-Rod, Upco, Unbridled ESP, Norriseal-Wellmark, Quartzdyne, Spirit, Theta, Timberline, and Windrock brands. The Drilling Technologies segment offers polycrystalline diamond cutter inserts, bearings, valves, nozzles, and mining tools used in oil and gas drill bits under the US Synthetic brand; and high-density ceramic roof bolt mining tools for underground mining operations. The Reservoir Chemical Technologies segment provides chemistry-oriented solutions and technologies for well drilling, cementing, fracturing, acidizing, and other well interventions, as well as fracturing, drilling, cementing, acidizing additives. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.