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Ensign Energy Services (ESI) Competitors

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C$1.88 -0.02 (-1.05%)
As of 04:00 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ensign Energy ServicesC$1.70B0.20C$31.59MC$0.1710.99
Canaccord Genuity GroupC$1.83B0.53-C$24.41M-C$0.24-39.59

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ensign Energy Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Canaccord Genuity Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ensign Energy Services1.86% 2.37% 2.69%
Canaccord Genuity Group -1.33%-2.33%0.86%

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.

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

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

Summary

Ensign Energy Services beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 12 of the 20 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$245.13MC$7.27BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield42.86%14.24%11.00%6.32%
P/E Ratio10.994.7853.7629.92
Price / Sales0.200.3824,457.04823.31
Price / Cash21.2929.0735.5083.71
Price / Book0.261.543.543.99
Net IncomeC$31.59MC$58.98MC$4.30BC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-5.53%0.28%-1.03%0.86%
1 Month Performance-1.05%4.71%6.32%7.58%
1 Year Performance-17.90%-14.40%177.99%16.12%

Ensign Energy Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Ensign Energy Services
3.6154 of 5 stars
C$1.88
-1.1%
C$3.30
+75.5%
-19.1%C$347.23MC$1.70B10.995,300Gap Up
CF
Canaccord Genuity Group
2.7633 of 5 stars
C$9.50
-3.0%
C$12.38
+30.3%
+2.5%C$972.86MC$1.83B-39.802,755
VHI
Vitalhub
0.944 of 5 stars
C$10.20
-0.1%
C$12.90
+26.5%
+46.0%C$551.74MC$65.49M165.902,250
ROG
Roxgold
N/AC$1.33
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$491.60MN/A0.003,800Gap Up
SLI
Standard Lithium
N/AC$2.29
+2.7%
N/A-11.6%C$421.24MN/A2.73N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Revision
FF
First Mining Gold
1.2065 of 5 stars
C$0.15
-12.1%
C$0.35
+141.4%
+12.1%C$153.63MN/A-3.24470High 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$11.44
+2.9%
N/AN/AC$13.24MC$1.70M12.29240Positive News
REX
Orex Minerals
N/AC$0.12
-4.0%
N/A-73.3%C$4.11MN/A-1.54120Gap Down
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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