ESI vs. CF, SLI, 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 Canaccord Genuity Group (CF), Standard Lithium (SLI), 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
Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) and Canaccord Genuity Group (TSE:CF) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Ensign Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$3.30, suggesting a potential upside of 52.07%. Canaccord Genuity Group has a consensus price target of C$12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 21.80%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Canaccord Genuity Group.
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.
5.2% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.4% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has a beta of 2.278965, indicating that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.540425, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ensign Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Canaccord Genuity Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ensign Energy Services and 0 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group. Ensign Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Canaccord Genuity Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Ensign Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ensign Energy Services beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ESI) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
