CAE vs. SES, RRX, SPB, BLDP, ADN, ALO, NVX, BBD.B, MDA, and BBD.A
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Secure Energy Services (SES), Raging River Exploration (RRX), Superior Plus (SPB), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Acadian Timber (ADN), Alio Gold Inc. (ALO.TO) (ALO), NV Gold (NVX), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), MDA Space (MDA), and Bombardier (BBD.A).
CAE vs. Its Competitors
Secure Energy Services (TSE:SES) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, CAE had 1 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CAE and 3 mentions for Secure Energy Services. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat CAE's score of 0.19 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CAE pays out -42.2% 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.
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.
Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of C$17.92, indicating a potential upside of 12.05%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$39.68, indicating a potential upside of 0.66%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Secure Energy Services is more favorable than CAE.
37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:CAE) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
