Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI) vs. WBI (NYSE:WBI) Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.2% of Tetra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Tetra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.6% of WBI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Tetra Technologies and WBI, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Tetra Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $12.83, suggesting a potential upside of 76.04%. WBI has a consensus price target of $36.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.11%. Given Tetra Technologies’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tetra Technologies is more favorable than WBI.

Profitability

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

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tetra Technologies	$630.93 million	1.71	$3.01 million	$0.04	182.25
WBI	$525.55 million	7.63	$11.89 million	$0.08	405.75

WBI has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Summary

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

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.

About WBI

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