Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI – Get Free Report) and Innovex International (NYSE:INVX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Innovex International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Solaris Energy Infrastructure and Innovex International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Innovex International | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Solaris Energy Infrastructure and Innovex International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | $280.14 million | 5.81 | $24.34 million | $0.44 | 61.07 |
| Innovex International | $550.34 million | 1.53 | $600,000.00 | $1.41 | 8.89 |
Solaris Energy Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Innovex International. Innovex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solaris Energy Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovex International has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Solaris Energy Infrastructure and Innovex International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure | 4.80% | 6.66% | 4.12% |
| Innovex International | 12.31% | -0.73% | -0.61% |
Summary
Solaris Energy Infrastructure beats Innovex International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Solaris Energy Infrastructure
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. designs and manufactures specialized equipment for oil and natural gas operators in the United States. The company provides mobile proppant and fluid management systems, as well as last mile logistics management services. It offers systems, mobilization, and last mile logistics services that are used to unload, store, and deliver proppant, water and/or chemicals at oil and natural gas well sites. The company is also involved in the transloading and storage of proppant or railcars at its transloading facility. In addition, it develops Railtronix, an inventory management software; and all-electric equipment that automates the low pressure section of oil and gas well completion sites. The company serves exploration and production, and oilfield services industries. Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Innovex International
Innovex Downhole Solutions Inc. designs, manufactures and installs mission-critical drilling & deployment, well construction, completion, production and fishing & intervention solutions to support upstream onshore and offshore activities. Innovex Downhole Solutions Inc., formerly known as Dril-Quip, is based in HOUSTON.
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