High Arctic Energy Services (HWO) Competitors

High Arctic Energy Services (TSE:HWO) and MATRRIX Energy Technologies (CVE:MXX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HWO or MXX?

High Arctic Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than MATRRIX Energy Technologies. MATRRIX Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than High Arctic Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
High Arctic Energy Services	C$37.70M	0.26	C$29.06M	C$2.78	0.31
MATRRIX Energy Technologies	C$23.15M	1.76	-C$2.50M	-C$0.02	-16.32

Does the media favor HWO or MXX?

In the previous week, High Arctic Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than MATRRIX Energy Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for High Arctic Energy Services and 0 mentions for MATRRIX Energy Technologies. High Arctic Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat MATRRIX Energy Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that High Arctic Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
High Arctic Energy Services	Positive
MATRRIX Energy Technologies	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HWO or MXX?

High Arctic Energy Services received 131 more outperform votes than MATRRIX Energy Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave MATRRIX Energy Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave High Arctic Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
High Arctic Energy Services	Outperform Votes 183 61.41%	Underperform Votes 115 38.59%
MATRRIX Energy Technologies	Outperform Votes 52 70.27%	Underperform Votes 22 29.73%

Is HWO or MXX more profitable?

High Arctic Energy Services has a net margin of 77.07% compared to MATRRIX Energy Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. High Arctic Energy Services' return on equity of 43.70% beat MATRRIX Energy Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
High Arctic Energy Services	77.07%	43.70%	0.72%
MATRRIX Energy Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HWO or MXX?

0.1% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 50.0% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

High Arctic Energy Services beats MATRRIX Energy Technologies on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.