EFX vs. TCW, NOA, PSI, TVK, CEU, TOT, CFW, STEP, OBE, and FCU
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Trican Well Service (TCW), North American Construction Group (NOA), Pason Systems (PSI), TerraVest Industries (TVK), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), Total Energy Services (TOT), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Obsidian Energy (OBE), and Fission Uranium (FCU). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Trican Well Service (TSE:TCW) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
22.2% of Trican Well Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Trican Well Service shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trican Well Service has a net margin of 12.44% compared to Trican Well Service's net margin of -3.51%. Enerflex's return on equity of 23.69% beat Trican Well Service's return on equity.
Trican Well Service received 74 more outperform votes than Enerflex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.73% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote while only 52.60% of users gave Trican Well Service an outperform vote.
Trican Well Service has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trican Well Service pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Trican Well Service pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out -11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Trican Well Service currently has a consensus price target of C$5.46, suggesting a potential upside of 30.72%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of C$11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.57%. Given Trican Well Service's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Trican Well Service.
Trican Well Service has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enerflex. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trican Well Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Enerflex had 3 more articles in the media than Trican Well Service. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Enerflex and 0 mentions for Trican Well Service. Enerflex's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Trican Well Service'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Trican Well Service beats Enerflex on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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