PSI vs. TVK, CEU, EFX, TCW, NOA, TOT, CFW, EFR, PD, and KEL
Should you be buying Pason Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pason Systems include TerraVest Industries (TVK), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), Enerflex (EFX), Trican Well Service (TCW), North American Construction Group (NOA), Total Energy Services (TOT), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Energy Fuels (EFR), Precision Drilling (PD), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
TerraVest Industries (TSE:TVK) and Pason Systems (TSE:PSI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
TerraVest Industries has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pason Systems has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pason Systems received 126 more outperform votes than TerraVest Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.83% of users gave Pason Systems an outperform vote while only 48.95% of users gave TerraVest Industries an outperform vote.
TerraVest Industries pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pason Systems pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. TerraVest Industries pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pason Systems pays out 43.0% 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.
Pason Systems has a net margin of 26.41% compared to Pason Systems' net margin of 6.52%. TerraVest Industries' return on equity of 24.51% beat Pason Systems' return on equity.
19.2% of TerraVest Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Pason Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of TerraVest Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pason Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TerraVest Industries and TerraVest Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Pason Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat TerraVest Industries' score of 0.49 indicating that TerraVest Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pason Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TerraVest Industries. Pason Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TerraVest Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pason Systems has a consensus price target of C$18.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.98%. Given TerraVest Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pason Systems is more favorable than TerraVest Industries.
Summary
Pason Systems beats TerraVest Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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