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Ensign Energy Services (ESI) Competitors

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C$2.28 -0.03 (-1.30%)
As of 07/3/2025 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. 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.

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%

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.

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

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ensign Energy ServicesC$1.70B0.25C$31.59MC$0.1713.33
Canaccord Genuity GroupC$1.83B0.59-C$24.41M-C$0.24-44.12

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESI vs. The Competition

MetricEnsign Energy ServicesOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$421.11MC$286.13MC$7.56BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield42.86%14.24%10.91%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.335.7156.8952.72
Price / Sales0.250.4321,919.231,193.25
Price / Cash21.2929.0736.2083.29
Price / Book0.321.603.294.76
Net IncomeC$31.59MC$58.98MC$4.20BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.70%1.84%1.52%2.00%
1 Month Performance6.05%10.23%5.37%4.53%
1 Year Performance-1.30%-2.97%104.01%25.97%

Ensign Energy Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESI
Ensign Energy Services
3.8723 of 5 stars
C$2.28
-1.3%
C$3.30
+44.7%
-0.4%C$421.11MC$1.70B13.335,300
CF
Canaccord Genuity Group
2.2486 of 5 stars
C$10.08
+2.0%
C$12.38
+22.8%
+18.8%C$1.03BC$1.83B-42.232,755News Coverage
High Trading Volume
VHI
Vitalhub
1.0181 of 5 stars
C$11.04
-1.0%
C$13.25
+20.0%
+42.2%C$597.18MC$65.49M179.562,250
ROG
Roxgold
N/AC$1.33
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$491.60MN/A0.003,800Gap Up
SLI
Standard Lithium
N/AC$2.45
-8.6%
N/A+68.6%C$450.67MN/A2.92N/AGap Down
FF
First Mining Gold
1.5386 of 5 stars
C$0.21
flat
C$0.35
+70.7%
+48.0%C$217.19MN/A-4.57470News Coverage
Gap Down
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$11.25
-0.9%
N/AN/AC$13.02MC$1.70M12.08240News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
REX
Orex Minerals
N/AC$0.13
+8.3%
N/A-50.0%C$4.46MN/A-1.67120
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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This page (TSE:ESI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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