CFW vs. VBNK, WFC, PTS, WED, BITF, ML, GRN, CARE, HIVE, and PNP
Should you be buying Calfrac Well Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calfrac Well Services include VersaBank (VBNK), Wall Financial (WFC), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Bitfarms (BITF), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), and Pinetree Capital (PNP). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Calfrac Well Services vs. Its Competitors
VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) and Calfrac Well Services (TSE:CFW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
21.6% of VersaBank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Calfrac Well Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of VersaBank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 46.9% of Calfrac Well Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VersaBank currently has a consensus target price of C$19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.59%. Calfrac Well Services has a consensus target price of C$4.63, suggesting a potential upside of 32.14%. Given Calfrac Well Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Calfrac Well Services is more favorable than VersaBank.
VersaBank has a net margin of 19.94% compared to Calfrac Well Services' net margin of 1.74%. VersaBank's return on equity of 9.95% beat Calfrac Well Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, VersaBank had 2 more articles in the media than Calfrac Well Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for VersaBank and 0 mentions for Calfrac Well Services. Calfrac Well Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat VersaBank's score of -0.19 indicating that Calfrac Well Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VersaBank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calfrac Well Services. VersaBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calfrac Well Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VersaBank pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Calfrac Well Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. VersaBank pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Calfrac Well Services pays out 18.3% 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.
Calfrac Well Services received 502 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote while only 50.80% of users gave Calfrac Well Services an outperform vote.
VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calfrac Well Services has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Calfrac Well Services beats VersaBank on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:CFW) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
