PSD vs. NOA, TOT, STEP, CFW, SHLE, SDY, E, MCB, CWC, and SFD
Should you be buying Pulse Seismic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Seismic include North American Construction Group (NOA), Total Energy Services (TOT), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Strad Inc. (SDY.TO) (SDY), Enterprise Group (E), McCoy Global (MCB), CWC Energy Services (CWC), and NXT Energy Solutions (SFD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Pulse Seismic vs. Its Competitors
Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) and North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of C$32.06, indicating a potential upside of 70.06%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Pulse Seismic.
Pulse Seismic has a net margin of 31.51% compared to North American Construction Group's net margin of 4.80%. Pulse Seismic's return on equity of 45.18% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.
Pulse Seismic pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Pulse Seismic pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Construction Group pays out 38.7% 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.
Pulse Seismic has a beta of 0.482769, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 0.881934, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Seismic. Pulse Seismic 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.
In the previous week, Pulse Seismic had 1 more articles in the media than North American Construction Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pulse Seismic and 0 mentions for North American Construction Group. Pulse Seismic's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat North American Construction Group's score of 1.02 indicating that Pulse Seismic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.6% of Pulse Seismic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Pulse Seismic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
North American Construction Group beats Pulse Seismic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:PSD) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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