Enservco (NYSE:ENSV – Get Free Report) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT – Get Free Report) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Enservco and Liberty Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Enservco | -23.85% | -453.47% | -38.48% |
| Liberty Energy | 7.32% | 14.28% | 8.60% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Enservco and Liberty Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Enservco | $22.97 million | 0.10 | -$8.52 million | ($0.17) | -0.24 |
| Liberty Energy | $4.32 billion | 0.65 | $316.01 million | $1.87 | 9.29 |
Volatility & Risk
Enservco has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
25.6% of Enservco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Enservco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Enservco and Liberty Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Enservco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Liberty Energy | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2.85 |
Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $22.30, suggesting a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Liberty Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Energy is more favorable than Enservco.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Enservco on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Enservco
Enservco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides hot oiling and acidizing, and frac water heating services to the onshore oil and natural gas industry. It also water hauling and well site construction services. The company owns and operates specialized trucks, trailers, frac tanks, and other well-site related equipment. It operates in the DJ Basin/Niobrara area in Colorado and Wyoming; the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico; the Marcellus and Utica Shale areas in Pennsylvania and Ohio; the Jonah area, Green River and Powder River Basins in Wyoming; and the Eagle Ford Shale and East Texas Oilfield in Texas. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.
About Liberty Energy
Liberty Energy Inc. provides hydraulic services and related technologies to onshore oil and natural gas exploration, and production companies in North America. The company offers hydraulic fracturing services, including complementary services, such as wireline services, proppant delivery solutions, field gas processing and treating, compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery, data analytics, related goods comprising sand mine operations, and technologies; and well site fueling and logistics. As of as of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated a fleet of approximately 40 active hydraulic fracturing; and two sand mines in the Permian Basin. In addition, the company provides services primarily in the Permian Basin, the Williston Basin, the Eagle Ford Shale, the Haynesville Shale, the Appalachian Basin (Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale), the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the DJ Basin), and the Anadarko Basin. Liberty Energy Inc. was formerly known as Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. and changed its name to Liberty Energy Inc. in April 2022. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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