Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · market cap $2.8b. 12% off the 52-week high of $22.55. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $24.57 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
Higher-variance name — the moat signals on the quantitative card are modest, so the durability case rests on execution (turning current growth into durable earnings power) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than an entrenched competitive position.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$82m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Trailing P/E 70.6x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Net margin 2.2% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · market cap $2.3b. Down 38% from 52-week high of $36.94 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.46 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $42.11 (implying +85% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 167% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 38% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Hedge-book exposure — many commodity producers hedge forward production; if the hedge book is concentrated at prices well below spot, the upside the market expects is already locked away.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where WTTR and NESR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.4 points in favor of NESR. The widest single difference is Value, where NESR leads by 40.6 points.
ValueWTTR 12.5 · NESR 53.1NESR +40.6
QualityWTTR 36.9 · NESR 56.1NESR +19.2
GrowthWTTR 36.2 · NESR 50.0NESR +13.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is NESR or WTTR the better stock?
NESR scores higher: NESR 53.0, WTTR 25.6 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do NESR and WTTR differ most?
The widest gap is value, where NESR leads by 41 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. NESR leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are NESR and WTTR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.