CAE (CAE) Competitors

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

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 1.3%. Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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.

Do analysts recommend CAE or SES?

CAE presently has a consensus price target of C$37.95, indicating a potential upside of 10.03%. Secure Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$18.09, indicating a potential upside of 37.80%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk and volatility, CAE or SES?

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

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%

Does the media refer more to CAE or SES?

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 7 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 3 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Secure Energy Services' score of -0.23 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CAE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Secure Energy Services	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 better earnings & valuation, 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	2.55	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-33.07
Secure Energy Services	C$10.07B	0.30	C$590.18M	C$2.55	5.14

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CAE or SES?

77.3% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAE or SES?

Secure Energy Services received 115 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.64% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 359 56.71%	Underperform Votes 274 43.29%
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 474 61.64%	Underperform Votes 295 38.36%

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.