PSD vs. TOT, NOA, STEP, CFW, SHLE, SDY, E, MCB, CWC, and AVE
Should you be buying Pulse Seismic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Seismic include Total Energy Services (TOT), North American Construction Group (NOA), 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 Aveda Transportation and Energy Services (AVE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Pulse Seismic vs. Its Competitors
Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) and Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Total Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pulse Seismic pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Total Energy Services pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pulse Seismic pays out 14.2% 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 net margin of 31.51% compared to Total Energy Services' net margin of 4.90%. Pulse Seismic's return on equity of 45.18% beat Total Energy Services' return on equity.
Total Energy Services has a beta of 1.206669, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pulse Seismic has a beta of 0.543702, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Total Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of C$18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.85%. Given Total Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than Pulse Seismic.
In the previous week, Total Energy Services and Total Energy Services both had 1 articles in the media. Total Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Pulse Seismic's score of 0.00 indicating that Total Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.8% of Total Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Total Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Total Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Seismic. Total Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pulse Seismic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Total Energy Services beats Pulse Seismic on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PSD) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff