Tidewater Renewables (LCFS) Competitors

Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) and Polaris Renewable Energy (TSE:PIF) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate LCFS or PIF?

Tidewater Renewables currently has a consensus target price of C$3.95, indicating a potential upside of 68.09%. Polaris Renewable Energy has a consensus target price of C$22.67, indicating a potential upside of 89.52%. Given Polaris Renewable Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Polaris Renewable Energy is more favorable than Tidewater Renewables.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater Renewables	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Polaris Renewable Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LCFS or PIF?

3.6% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.0% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.9% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Polaris Renewable Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LCFS or PIF?

Polaris Renewable Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tidewater Renewables. Tidewater Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polaris Renewable Energy, 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
Tidewater Renewables	C$387.24M	0.21	-C$364.17M	-C$10.91	-0.22
Polaris Renewable Energy	C$53.34M	3.33	C$5.06M	C$0.48	24.78

Which has more risk & volatility, LCFS or PIF?

Tidewater Renewables has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polaris Renewable Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LCFS or PIF?

In the previous week, Polaris Renewable Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Tidewater Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Polaris Renewable Energy and 1 mentions for Tidewater Renewables. Polaris Renewable Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Tidewater Renewables' score of 0.67 indicating that Polaris Renewable Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater Renewables	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Polaris Renewable Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LCFS or PIF?

Polaris Renewable Energy received 166 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.79% of users gave Polaris Renewable Energy an outperform vote while only 34.78% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater Renewables	Outperform Votes 16 34.78%	Underperform Votes 30 65.22%
Polaris Renewable Energy	Outperform Votes 182 78.79%	Underperform Votes 49 21.21%

Is LCFS or PIF more profitable?

Polaris Renewable Energy has a net margin of 9.49% compared to Tidewater Renewables' net margin of -94.04%. Polaris Renewable Energy's return on equity of 2.68% beat Tidewater Renewables' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater Renewables	-94.04%	-86.51%	0.46%
Polaris Renewable Energy	9.49%	2.68%	3.18%

Summary

Polaris Renewable Energy beats Tidewater Renewables on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.