ESI vs. PHX, CET, PD, URC, GTE, TOT, PNE, CFW, KEC, and TWM
Should you be buying Ensign Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ensign Energy Services include PHX Energy Services (PHX), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Precision Drilling (PD), Uranium Royalty (URC), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Total Energy Services (TOT), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), and Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) and PHX Energy Services (TSE:PHX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
PHX Energy Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ensign Energy Services. PHX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensign Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.1, suggesting that its stock price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Energy Services has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of PHX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of PHX Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PHX Energy Services had 7 more articles in the media than Ensign Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PHX Energy Services and 1 mentions for Ensign Energy Services. PHX Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Ensign Energy Services' score of 0.16 indicating that PHX Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. PHX Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Ensign Energy Services pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PHX Energy Services pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
PHX Energy Services has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Ensign Energy Services' net margin of 2.30%. PHX Energy Services' return on equity of 50.97% beat Ensign Energy Services' return on equity.
Ensign Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$3.88, indicating a potential upside of 62.82%. PHX Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$11.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.21%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than PHX Energy Services.
Ensign Energy Services received 21 more outperform votes than PHX Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.65% of users gave PHX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 44.06% of users gave Ensign Energy Services an outperform vote.
Summary
PHX Energy Services beats Ensign Energy Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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