Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI) versus WBI (NYSE:WBI) Critical Survey

WBI (NYSE:WBI) and Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for WBI and Tetra Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WBI	0	2	4	1	2.86
Tetra Technologies	0	2	3	0	2.60

WBI presently has a consensus target price of $36.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.11%. Tetra Technologies has a consensus target price of $12.83, indicating a potential upside of 85.86%. Given Tetra Technologies’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tetra Technologies is more favorable than WBI.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.2% of Tetra Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 50.6% of WBI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Tetra Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares WBI and Tetra Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WBI	$525.55 million	7.49	$11.89 million	$0.08	398.70
Tetra Technologies	$641.83 million	1.59	$3.01 million	$0.04	172.62

WBI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tetra Technologies. Tetra Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WBI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares WBI and Tetra Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WBI	0.54%	0.85%	0.41%
Tetra Technologies	0.97%	9.11%	4.14%

Summary

WBI beats Tetra Technologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About WBI

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

About Tetra Technologies

TETRA Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy services and solutions company. It operates through two segments, Completion Fluids & Products Division and Water & Flowback Services. The Completion Fluids & Products segment manufactures and markets clear brine fluids, additives, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry for use in well drilling, completion, and workover operations in the United States, as well as in Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment also markets liquid and dry calcium chloride products; and TETRA PureFlow ultra-pure zinc bromide to battery technology companies. The Water & Flowback Services segment provides water management services for onshore oil and gas operators. This segment also offers frac flowback, production well testing, and other associated services in oil and gas producing regions in the United States, as well as in various basins in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. TETRA Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.