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Ensign Energy Services (ESI) Competitors

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C$1.88 +0.03 (+1.62%)
As of 01:37 PM Eastern

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.

Canaccord Genuity Group (TSE:CF) and Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canaccord Genuity Group-1.33% -2.33% 0.86%
Ensign Energy Services 1.86%2.37%2.69%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canaccord Genuity GroupOutperform Votes
342
53.27%
Underperform Votes
300
46.73%
Ensign Energy ServicesOutperform Votes
269
43.53%
Underperform Votes
349
56.47%

Canaccord Genuity Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 out -142.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

In the previous week, Canaccord Genuity Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ensign Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group and 0 mentions for Ensign Energy Services. Canaccord Genuity Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ensign Energy Services'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Canaccord Genuity Group Neutral
Ensign Energy Services Neutral

11.8% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held 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.

Ensign Energy Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canaccord Genuity GroupC$1.83B0.48-C$24.41M-C$0.24-36.32
Ensign Energy ServicesC$1.70B0.20C$31.59MC$0.1710.99

Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.05, meaning that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Canaccord Genuity Group presently has a consensus price target of C$12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 42.73%. Ensign Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$3.30, suggesting a potential upside of 75.53%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Canaccord Genuity Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canaccord Genuity Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ensign Energy Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Ensign Energy Services beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ESI vs. The Competition

MetricEnsign Energy ServicesOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$347.23MC$248.35MC$7.12BC$5.70B
Dividend Yield42.86%14.24%10.97%6.84%
P/E Ratio10.994.4648.3528.78
Price / Sales0.200.3623,605.31571.40
Price / Cash21.2929.0735.5083.34
Price / Book0.261.523.563.74
Net IncomeC$31.59MC$58.98MC$4.30BC$301.58M
7 Day Performance-5.05%-2.67%1.43%0.82%
1 Month Performance-20.34%-13.55%-4.09%0.06%
1 Year Performance-24.80%-19.74%165.02%14.65%

Ensign Energy Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Ensign Energy Services
2.9188 of 5 stars
C$1.88
+1.6%
C$3.30
+75.5%
-25.4%C$347.23MC$1.70B10.995,300Gap Up
CF
Canaccord Genuity Group
2.3769 of 5 stars
C$8.33
+0.2%
C$12.38
+48.6%
-0.5%C$853.05MC$1.83B-34.902,755
VHI
Vitalhub
0.351 of 5 stars
C$10.97
-0.1%
C$12.08
+10.1%
+79.0%C$593.39MC$65.49M178.422,250
ROG
Roxgold
N/AC$1.33
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$491.60MN/A0.003,800Gap Up
SLI
Standard Lithium
N/AC$2.01
-4.3%
N/A+12.4%C$369.74MN/A2.40N/A
FF
First Mining Gold
1.57 of 5 stars
C$0.17
flat
C$0.35
+105.9%
+0.0%C$180.11MN/A-3.79470High Trading Volume
IGX
IntelGenx Technologies
N/AC$0.58
+1.8%
N/A+0.0%C$87.32MC$1.75M-7.442,050Gap Up
ICL
Itasca Capital Ltd. (ICL.V)
N/AC$1.44
-2.0%
N/A+0.0%C$34.29MN/A-33.4913,200Gap Up
PRM
Cott
N/AC$11.49
-3.2%
N/AN/AC$13.30MC$1.70M12.34240Gap Down
REX
Orex Minerals
N/AC$0.13
+4.0%
N/A-51.1%C$4.46MN/A-1.67120Gap Up
OEC
Oracle Energy
N/AC$0.02
-25.0%
N/A+0.0%C$1.01MN/A-15.001,600Gap Down

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