CAE (CAE) Competitors

CAE (TSE:CAE) and Secure Energy Services (TSE:SES) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Is CAE or SES a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. CAE pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CAE or SES?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CAE	C$4.32B	2.90	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-37.50
Secure Energy Services	C$10.07B	0.35	C$590.18M	C$2.55	5.99

Which has more volatility and risk, CAE or SES?

CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CAE or SES?

CAE currently has a consensus price target of C$40.59, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. Secure Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$18.31, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Secure Energy Services is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the media favor CAE or SES?

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 35 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 2 mentions for CAE. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat CAE's score of 0.12 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Secure Energy Services	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CAE or SES more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.86% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.75%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 51.19% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CAE or SES?

77.3% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CAE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.