CAE (CAE) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to SES or CAE?

In the previous week, CAE had 3 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CAE and 1 mentions for Secure Energy Services. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat CAE's score of 0.42 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
CAE	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Secure Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, 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
Secure Energy Services	C$10.34B	0.34	C$590.18M	C$0.91	17.79
CAE	C$4.73B	2.50	-C$334.62M	C$1.30	28.38

Which has more volatility and risk, SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services has a beta of 0.837187, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.311047, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SES or CAE 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
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%

Do analysts prefer SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of C$18.31, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$41.82, suggesting a potential upside of 13.36%. Given CAE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CAE is more favorable than Secure Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SES or CAE?

22.9% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE 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 and CAE tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.