STEP vs. SCL, TCW, EFX, NOA, TOT, CFW, SHLE, SDY, PSD, and CWC
Should you be buying STEP Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STEP Energy Services include Shawcor (SCL), Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), North American Construction Group (NOA), Total Energy Services (TOT), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Strad Inc. (SDY.TO) (SDY), Pulse Seismic (PSD), and CWC Energy Services (CWC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Shawcor (TSE:SCL) and STEP Energy Services (TSE:STEP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, STEP Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Shawcor. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STEP Energy Services and 0 mentions for Shawcor. Shawcor's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat STEP Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that STEP Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
STEP Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.11%. Given Shawcor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe STEP Energy Services is more favorable than Shawcor.
STEP Energy Services has a net margin of 7.19% compared to STEP Energy Services' net margin of 0.16%. Shawcor's return on equity of 19.91% beat STEP Energy Services' return on equity.
Shawcor has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STEP Energy Services has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STEP Energy Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shawcor. STEP Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shawcor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shawcor received 216 more outperform votes than STEP Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.10% of users gave Shawcor an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave STEP Energy Services an outperform vote.
37.0% of Shawcor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of STEP Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Shawcor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of STEP Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
STEP Energy Services beats Shawcor on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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