Superior quality can help a company through hard times, and energy services provider RPC (NYSE:RES) has held up better than companies like Basic Energy (NYSE:BAS), Key Energy (NYSE:KEG), and C&J Energy Services (NYSE:CJES),
but a 40% drop in six months is still harsh. What's more, I think it's
anybody's guess as to whether estimates have gone low enough to
accurately reflect this downturn in the cycle - even RPC's management
doesn't believe it has much visibility as to the depth or duration of
the downturn.
I expect that RPC will emerge from this downturn in
good condition and maintain its reputation as one of the highest-quality
small cap service providers. While RPC shares should do better if/when
the market believes it has overcorrected (and/or if the company's
Permian-centric pressure pumping business holds up better than
expected), but I don't expect RPC to offer the same sort of leverage to
improving sentiment as Basic Energy or Key Energy would. On the other
hand, I am confident in RPC's ability to withstand a prolonged downturn
while its more debt-laden peers may not.
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