PSD vs. E, HWO, MCB, SHLE, STEP, CFW, TOT, YGR, TNZ, and WRG
Should you be buying Pulse Seismic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Seismic include Enterprise Group (E), High Arctic Energy Services (HWO), McCoy Global (MCB), Source Energy Services (SHLE), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Total Energy Services (TOT), Yangarra Resources (YGR), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), and Western Energy Services (WRG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) and Enterprise Group (TSE:E) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
25.6% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Enterprise Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.3% of Enterprise Group shares are held by company 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, Enterprise Group had 3 more articles in the media than Pulse Seismic. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Enterprise Group and 1 mentions for Pulse Seismic. Pulse Seismic's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Enterprise Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Pulse Seismic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pulse Seismic pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 57.5%. Pulse Seismic pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Group pays out 575.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Pulse Seismic has higher revenue and earnings than Enterprise Group. Pulse Seismic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pulse Seismic has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enterprise Group has a consensus target price of C$1.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.83%. Given Enterprise Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enterprise Group is more favorable than Pulse Seismic.
Pulse Seismic has a net margin of 37.42% compared to Enterprise Group's net margin of 18.42%. Pulse Seismic's return on equity of 47.51% beat Enterprise Group's return on equity.
Enterprise Group received 125 more outperform votes than Pulse Seismic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.54% of users gave Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave Pulse Seismic an outperform vote.
Summary
Pulse Seismic beats Enterprise Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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