ESI vs. CF, VHI, ROG, SLI, FF, IGX, ICL, PRM, REX, and OEC
Should you be buying Ensign Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ensign Energy Services include Canaccord Genuity Group (CF), Vitalhub (VHI), Roxgold (ROG), Standard Lithium (SLI), First Mining Gold (FF), IntelGenx Technologies (IGX), Itasca Capital Ltd. (ICL.V) (ICL), Cott (PRM), Orex Minerals (REX), and Oracle Energy (OEC). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Ensign Energy Services vs.
Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) and Canaccord Genuity Group (TSE:CF) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Ensign Energy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaccord Genuity Group. Canaccord Genuity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensign Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.0% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Canaccord Genuity Group 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.
In the previous week, Ensign Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than Canaccord Genuity Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ensign Energy Services and 2 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group. Ensign Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Canaccord Genuity Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Ensign Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Canaccord Genuity Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ensign Energy Services pays out 140.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canaccord Genuity Group pays out -142.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ensign Energy Services has a net margin of 1.86% compared to Canaccord Genuity Group's net margin of -1.33%. Ensign Energy Services' return on equity of 2.37% beat Canaccord Genuity Group's return on equity.
Ensign Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$3.30, indicating a potential upside of 75.53%. Canaccord Genuity Group has a consensus price target of C$12.38, indicating a potential upside of 30.95%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Canaccord Genuity Group.
Canaccord Genuity Group received 73 more outperform votes than Ensign Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.27% of users gave Canaccord Genuity Group an outperform vote while only 43.53% of users gave Ensign Energy Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Ensign Energy Services beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ESI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff