CEU vs. TVK, EFX, SCL, TCW, PSI, TOT, NOA, STEP, CFW, and PSD
Should you be buying CES Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CES Energy Solutions include TerraVest Industries (TVK), Enerflex (EFX), Shawcor (SCL), Trican Well Service (TCW), Pason Systems (PSI), Total Energy Services (TOT), North American Construction Group (NOA), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), and Pulse Seismic (PSD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
CES Energy Solutions vs. Its Competitors
TerraVest Industries (TSE:TVK) and CES Energy Solutions (TSE:CEU) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
20.3% of TerraVest Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of TerraVest Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TerraVest Industries presently has a consensus target price of C$181.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.43%. CES Energy Solutions has a consensus target price of C$10.54, indicating a potential upside of 27.86%. Given CES Energy Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CES Energy Solutions is more favorable than TerraVest Industries.
TerraVest Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CES Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. TerraVest Industries pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CES Energy Solutions pays out 14.0% 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. CES Energy Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CES Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than TerraVest Industries. CES Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TerraVest Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TerraVest Industries has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CES Energy Solutions has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CES Energy Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than TerraVest Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CES Energy Solutions and 0 mentions for TerraVest Industries. CES Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat TerraVest Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that CES Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CES Energy Solutions has a net margin of 8.62% compared to TerraVest Industries' net margin of 6.97%. CES Energy Solutions' return on equity of 27.61% beat TerraVest Industries' return on equity.
Summary
CES Energy Solutions beats TerraVest Industries on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CEU) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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