The Only Perfectly Rated Oil-Field Services Stock: National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV), Schlumberger Limited. (SLB)

A pair of small-cap rivals
Of course, there are other smaller companies serving oil and gas producers that investors would be well advised to monitor. Midland, Texas-based Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE:BAS) aids producers through its completion and remediation services, fluid services, well servicing, and contract drilling segments. At a market capitalization of $555 million, it’s slightly smaller than Flotek, and its analyst rating weighting — if you’ll allow me a bit of poetry — is 2.6.

And then there’s Houston’s Key Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE:KEG) , which provides rig-based services, including maintenance, and well recompletions. It also maintains a fluid management services unit, and a fishing services group that assists in recovering lost or stuck equipment that has become lodged in the wellbore. In addition to its alluring ticker, the company carries a market cap of $1.24 billion, nearly twice the size of Flotek. Its analyst composite rating comes in at 2.7.

Flotek will release its quarterly earnings next Wednesday, March 13, with its post-release call to be held the following day. At this juncture, the consensus expectation is for per-share earnings to more than quadruple year over year to $0.17 and for revenues to increase to just under $78 million from slightly below $75 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

A Foolish takeaway
For my money, Flotek bears monitoring by Fools with a thirst for energy. I’ll be tuned in to the company’s call on Thursday, having perused its Wednesday report. I suggest you join me.

The article The Only Perfectly Rated Oil-Field Services Stock originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor David Lee Smith has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of National Oilwell Varco.

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