Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Victory Oilfield Tech (OTCMKTS:VYEY) Financial Survey

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Victory Oilfield Tech (OTCMKTS:VYEY) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Liberty Energy and Victory Oilfield Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Energy	0	7	7	0	2.50
Victory Oilfield Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Liberty Energy currently has a consensus price target of $26.08, indicating a potential downside of 2.87%. Given Victory Oilfield Tech’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victory Oilfield Tech is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Energy and Victory Oilfield Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Energy	3.69%	1.24%	0.73%
Victory Oilfield Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Oilfield Tech has a beta of -0.86, indicating that its stock price is 186% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Liberty Energy and Victory Oilfield Tech”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Energy	$4.01 billion	1.09	$147.87 million	$0.89	30.17
Victory Oilfield Tech	N/A	N/A	-$540,000.00	N/A	N/A

Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Victory Oilfield Tech.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Victory Oilfield Tech shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Liberty Energy beats Victory Oilfield Tech on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Victory Oilfield Tech

Victory Oilfield Tech, Inc. operates as an oilfield energy technology products company in the United States. The company offers patented oil and gas drilling products. It also provides various hardbanding solutions to the oilfield operators for drill and weight pipes, tubing, and drill collars, as well as grinding services. The company was formerly known as Victory Energy Corporation and changed its name to Victory Oilfield Tech, Inc. in May 2018. Victory Oilfield Tech, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is based in Austin, Texas.