NOA vs. TCW, EFX, CFW, TOT, TVK, STEP, CEU, PSI, SHLE, and SGY
Should you be buying North American Construction Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Construction Group include Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Total Energy Services (TOT), TerraVest Industries (TVK), STEP Energy Services (STEP), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), Pason Systems (PSI), Source Energy Services (SHLE), and Surge Energy (SGY). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) and Trican Well Service (TSE:TCW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
78.5% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Trican Well Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Trican Well Service shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
North American Construction Group presently has a consensus price target of C$39.75, indicating a potential upside of 36.27%. Trican Well Service has a consensus price target of C$5.46, indicating a potential upside of 27.97%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Trican Well Service.
Trican Well Service has a net margin of 12.44% compared to North American Construction Group's net margin of 6.60%. Trican Well Service's return on equity of 23.69% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.
North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trican Well Service has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Trican Well Service pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. North American Construction Group pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trican Well Service pays out 32.7% 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.
Trican Well Service received 293 more outperform votes than North American Construction Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.13% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 52.60% of users gave Trican Well Service an outperform vote.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 4 more articles in the media than Trican Well Service. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for North American Construction Group and 1 mentions for Trican Well Service. Trican Well Service's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat North American Construction Group's score of 1.24 indicating that Trican Well Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trican Well Service has higher revenue and earnings than North American Construction Group. Trican Well Service 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.
Summary
North American Construction Group and Trican Well Service tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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