NOA vs. CEU, TVK, PSI, SCL, TCW, EFX, TOT, CFW, STEP, and SHLE
Should you be buying North American Construction Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Construction Group include CES Energy Solutions (CEU), TerraVest Industries (TVK), Pason Systems (PSI), Shawcor (SCL), Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), Total Energy Services (TOT), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), STEP Energy Services (STEP), and Source Energy Services (SHLE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
CES Energy Solutions (TSE:CEU) and North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
CES Energy Solutions currently has a consensus price target of C$8.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.98%. North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of C$40.57, indicating a potential upside of 48.07%. Given CES Energy Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than CES Energy Solutions.
CES Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. CES Energy Solutions pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Construction Group pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CES Energy Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CES Energy Solutions received 108 more outperform votes than North American Construction Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave CES Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 63.30% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote.
CES Energy Solutions has a net margin of 8.02% compared to CES Energy Solutions' net margin of 5.21%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 26.28% beat CES Energy Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 3 more articles in the media than CES Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for North American Construction Group and 4 mentions for CES Energy Solutions. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CES Energy Solutions' score of -0.55 indicating that CES Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CES Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than North American Construction Group. CES Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
32.2% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CES Energy Solutions has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CES Energy Solutions beats North American Construction Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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