WBI (WBI) and The Competition Head-To-Head Survey

WBI (NYSE:WBI) is one of 178 public companies in the “Energy Equipment & Services” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare WBI to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.0% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 50.6% of WBI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are held 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 breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for WBI and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WBI	0	2	3	0	2.60
WBI Competitors	1677	7133	8725	469	2.44

WBI currently has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.84%. Given WBI’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WBI has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

WBI pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. WBI pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.7% and pay out 53.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. WBI lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares WBI and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
WBI	$525.55 million	$11.89 million	128.17
WBI Competitors	$3.16 billion	$26.09 million	12.77

WBI’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than WBI. WBI is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares WBI and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WBI	0.54%	0.84%	0.41%
WBI Competitors	-10.92%	13.37%	1.44%

Summary

WBI rivals beat WBI on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

WBI Company Profile

WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC is an integrated, pure-play water infrastructure company. WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC is based in HOUSTON.