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. 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Canaccord Genuity Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ensign Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group and 1 mentions for Ensign Energy Services. Canaccord Genuity Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ensign Energy Services' score of 0.55 indicating that Canaccord Genuity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ensign Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$3.30, suggesting a potential upside of 44.74%. Canaccord Genuity Group has a consensus target price of C$12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 17.52%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Canaccord Genuity Group.
Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.05, suggesting that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Canaccord Genuity Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ensign Energy Services beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ESI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff