Innovex International (NYSE:INVX – Get Free Report) and Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and earnings.
Volatility and Risk
Innovex International has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Innovex International and Solaris Energy Infrastructure’s 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% |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | 4.80% | 6.66% | 4.12% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Innovex International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Innovex International currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.62%. Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.65%. Given Innovex International’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Innovex International is more favorable than Solaris Energy Infrastructure.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Innovex International and Solaris Energy Infrastructure”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Innovex International | $550.34 million | 1.53 | $600,000.00 | $1.41 | 8.89 |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | $280.14 million | 5.81 | $24.34 million | $0.44 | 61.07 |
Solaris Energy Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Innovex International. Innovex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solaris Energy Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Innovex International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.7% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Solaris Energy Infrastructure beats Innovex International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Solaris Energy Infrastructure
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. designs and manufactures specialized equipment for oil and natural gas operators in the United States. The company provides mobile proppant and fluid management systems, as well as last mile logistics management services. It offers systems, mobilization, and last mile logistics services that are used to unload, store, and deliver proppant, water and/or chemicals at oil and natural gas well sites. The company is also involved in the transloading and storage of proppant or railcars at its transloading facility. In addition, it develops Railtronix, an inventory management software; and all-electric equipment that automates the low pressure section of oil and gas well completion sites. The company serves exploration and production, and oilfield services industries. Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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