Innovex International (NYSE:INVX – Get Free Report) and Profire Energy (NASDAQ:PFIE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Innovex International and Profire Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Innovex International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Profire Energy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Innovex International presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.66%. Profire Energy has a consensus price target of $2.55, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Given Profire Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Profire Energy is more favorable than Innovex International.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Innovex International | $550.34 million | 1.85 | $600,000.00 | $1.41 | 10.71 |
| Profire Energy | $60.02 million | 1.96 | $10.78 million | $0.18 | 14.11 |
Profire Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Profitability
This table compares Innovex International and Profire Energy’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% |
| Profire Energy | 14.86% | 15.12% | 13.36% |
Risk & Volatility
Innovex International has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Profire Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
38.5% of Profire Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Innovex International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Profire Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Profire Energy beats Innovex International on 10 of the 13 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 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.
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