Energy Services of America (ESOA) Competitors

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A (NASDAQ:HOVNP) and Energy Services of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) are both consumer goods companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HOVNP or ESOA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	$3.06B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energy Services of America	$367.91M	N/A	N/A	$0.18	55.41

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HOVNP or ESOA?

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A received 143 more outperform votes than Energy Services of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.80% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Energy Services of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	Outperform Votes 144 61.80%	Underperform Votes 89 38.20%
Energy Services of America	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Do analysts prefer HOVNP or ESOA?

Energy Services of America has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 107.10%. Given Energy Services of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Services of America is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Energy Services of America	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer HOVNP or ESOA?

In the previous week, Energy Services of America had 5 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Energy Services of America and 0 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A. Energy Services of America's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A's score of 0.00 indicating that Energy Services of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	Neutral
Energy Services of America	Positive

Is HOVNP or ESOA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energy Services of America	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is HOVNP or ESOA a better dividend stock?

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Energy Services of America pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Energy Services of America pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HOVNP or ESOA?

2.1% of Energy Services of America shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Energy Services of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Energy Services of America beats Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.