HWO vs. E, MCB, PSD, SHLE, PPR, QEC, WRG, PMT, TNZ, and YGR
Should you be buying High Arctic Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Arctic Energy Services include Enterprise Group (E), McCoy Global (MCB), Pulse Seismic (PSD), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Prairie Provident Resources (PPR), Questerre Energy (QEC), Western Energy Services (WRG), Perpetual Energy (PMT), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), and Yangarra Resources (YGR). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
High Arctic Energy Services (TSE:HWO) and Enterprise Group (TSE:E) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Enterprise Group had 12 more articles in the media than High Arctic Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Enterprise Group and 6 mentions for High Arctic Energy Services. Enterprise Group's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat High Arctic Energy Services' score of -0.02 indicating that Enterprise Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.0% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.7% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Enterprise Group shares are owned by 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.
Enterprise Group has a net margin of 18.42% compared to High Arctic Energy Services' net margin of -42.67%. Enterprise Group's return on equity of 16.33% beat High Arctic Energy Services' return on equity.
Enterprise Group received 37 more outperform votes than High Arctic Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.54% of users gave Enterprise Group an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave High Arctic Energy Services an outperform vote.
High Arctic Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Enterprise Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 61.6%. High Arctic Energy Services pays out -12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enterprise Group pays out 575.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Enterprise Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than High Arctic Energy Services. High Arctic Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enterprise Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enterprise Group has a consensus target price of C$1.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.82%. Given Enterprise Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enterprise Group is more favorable than High Arctic Energy Services.
High Arctic Energy Services has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enterprise Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enterprise Group beats High Arctic Energy Services on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get High Arctic Energy Services News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HWO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HWO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
High Arctic Energy Services Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools