WRG vs. CET, XDC, SDI, AKT.A, QI, PD, PHX, ESI, CFW, and STEP
Should you be buying Western Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Energy Services include Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Xtreme Drilling (XDC), Stampede Drilling (SDI), AKITA Drilling (AKT.A), Q Investments (QI), Precision Drilling (PD), PHX Energy Services (PHX), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), and STEP Energy Services (STEP).
Cathedral Energy Services (TSE:CET) and Western Energy Services (TSE:WRG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Cathedral Energy Services received 42 more outperform votes than Western Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Cathedral Energy Services an outperform vote while only 54.76% of users gave Western Energy Services an outperform vote.
Cathedral Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. Western Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Cathedral Energy Services pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Energy Services pays out -69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Cathedral Energy Services has a net margin of 3.71% compared to Cathedral Energy Services' net margin of -4.61%. Western Energy Services' return on equity of 12.31% beat Cathedral Energy Services' return on equity.
Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Energy Services has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cathedral Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$1.73, indicating a potential upside of 94.76%. Western Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$2.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.36%. Given Western Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cathedral Energy Services is more favorable than Western Energy Services.
In the previous week, Cathedral Energy Services had 3 more articles in the media than Western Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cathedral Energy Services and 1 mentions for Western Energy Services. Cathedral Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Western Energy Services' score of 0.44 indicating that Western Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Western Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Western Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cathedral Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Western Energy Services. Western Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cathedral Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cathedral Energy Services beats Western Energy Services on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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