ESI vs. SLI, CF, VHI, ROG, 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 Standard Lithium (SLI), Canaccord Genuity Group (CF), Vitalhub (VHI), Roxgold (ROG), 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. Its Competitors
Standard Lithium (CVE:SLI) and Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ensign Energy Services has a net margin of 1.86% compared to Standard Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Standard Lithium's return on equity of 68.27% beat Ensign Energy Services' return on equity.
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.612543, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 2.071686, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3.0% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ensign Energy Services had 4 more articles in the media than Standard Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ensign Energy Services and 1 mentions for Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ensign Energy Services' score of -0.14 indicating that Standard Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ensign Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$3.40, indicating a potential upside of 41.67%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Standard Lithium.
Standard Lithium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ensign Energy Services. Ensign Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ensign Energy Services beats Standard Lithium on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ESI) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
