North American Construction Group (NOA) Competitors

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

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

26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.4% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	$1.21B	0.45	$46.78M	$1.01	17.77

Which has more risk and volatility, SOC or NOA?

Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SOC or NOA?

Sable Offshore presently has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 32.81%. Given Sable Offshore's higher possible upside, equities 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
North American Construction Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the media prefer SOC or NOA?

In the previous week, Sable Offshore had 10 more articles in the media than North American Construction Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sable Offshore and 1 mentions for North American Construction Group. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Sable Offshore's score of 0.23 indicating that North American Construction Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sable Offshore	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
North American Construction Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOC or NOA?

North American Construction Group received 367 more outperform votes than Sable Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.20% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Sable Offshore an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sable Offshore	Outperform Votes 15 65.22%	Underperform Votes 8 34.78%
North American Construction Group	Outperform Votes 382 69.20%	Underperform Votes 170 30.80%

Summary

North American Construction Group beats Sable Offshore on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.