STEP vs. CFW, SHLE, TOT, PSD, NOA, TCW, EFX, TWM, JOY, and IPO
Should you be buying STEP Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STEP Energy Services include Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Total Energy Services (TOT), Pulse Seismic (PSD), North American Construction Group (NOA), Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM), Journey Energy (JOY), and InPlay Oil (IPO). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
STEP Energy Services (TSE:STEP) and Calfrac Well Services (TSE:CFW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
STEP Energy Services has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calfrac Well Services has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Calfrac Well Services received 387 more outperform votes than STEP Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave STEP Energy Services an outperform vote while only 50.91% of users gave Calfrac Well Services an outperform vote.
Calfrac Well Services has a net margin of 10.23% compared to STEP Energy Services' net margin of 5.33%. Calfrac Well Services' return on equity of 38.03% beat STEP Energy Services' return on equity.
57.2% of STEP Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Calfrac Well Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of STEP Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.9% of Calfrac Well Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Calfrac Well Services had 1 more articles in the media than STEP Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Calfrac Well Services and 15 mentions for STEP Energy Services. STEP Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Calfrac Well Services' score of 0.39 indicating that STEP Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
STEP Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.11%. Calfrac Well Services has a consensus target price of C$5.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.36%. Given STEP Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe STEP Energy Services is more favorable than Calfrac Well Services.
Calfrac Well Services has higher revenue and earnings than STEP Energy Services. Calfrac Well Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STEP Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
STEP Energy Services and Calfrac Well Services tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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