North American Construction Group (NOA) Competitors

Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) and North American Construction Group (NYSE:NOA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SOC or NOA?

North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sable Offshore	N/A	N/A	-$32.18M	N/A	N/A
North American Construction Group	$1.17B	0.41	$46.78M	$1.15	13.42

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOC or NOA?

North American Construction Group received 369 more outperform votes than Sable Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.22% of users gave Sable Offshore an outperform vote while only 69.45% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sable Offshore	Outperform Votes 13 72.22%	Underperform Votes 5 27.78%
North American Construction Group	Outperform Votes 382 69.45%	Underperform Votes 168 30.55%

Which has more risk & volatility, SOC or NOA?

Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SOC or NOA?

Sable Offshore presently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.32%. Given Sable Offshore's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sable Offshore is more favorable than North American Construction Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sable Offshore	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
North American Construction Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is SOC or NOA more profitable?

North American Construction Group has a net margin of 4.79% compared to Sable Offshore's net margin of 0.00%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 26.00% beat Sable Offshore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sable Offshore	N/A	-319.58%	-39.11%
North American Construction Group	4.79%	26.00%	6.03%

Does the media refer more to SOC or NOA?

In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 4 more articles in the media than Sable Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for North American Construction Group and 7 mentions for Sable Offshore. Sable Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat North American Construction Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Sable Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sable Offshore	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
North American Construction Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SOC or NOA?

26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Sable Offshore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of North American Construction Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

North American Construction Group beats Sable Offshore on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.