PSI vs. CEU, TVK, SCL, TCW, EFX, NOA, TOT, CFW, STEP, and SHLE
Should you be buying Pason Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pason Systems include CES Energy Solutions (CEU), TerraVest Industries (TVK), Shawcor (SCL), Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), North American Construction Group (NOA), 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.
Pason Systems (TSE:PSI) and CES Energy Solutions (TSE:CEU) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
CES Energy Solutions received 187 more outperform votes than Pason Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.08% of users gave CES Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave Pason Systems an outperform vote.
CES Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Pason Systems. Pason Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CES Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pason Systems has a net margin of 34.92% compared to CES Energy Solutions' net margin of 8.02%. Pason Systems' return on equity of 30.12% beat CES Energy Solutions' return on equity.
Pason Systems pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. CES Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Pason Systems pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CES Energy Solutions pays out 16.9% 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.
In the previous week, Pason Systems and Pason Systems both had 3 articles in the media. Pason Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat CES Energy Solutions' score of 0.60 indicating that Pason Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pason Systems presently has a consensus price target of C$19.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. CES Energy Solutions has a consensus price target of C$8.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.98%. Given Pason Systems' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pason Systems is more favorable than CES Energy Solutions.
Pason Systems has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CES Energy Solutions has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.4% of Pason Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.2% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Pason Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CES Energy Solutions beats Pason Systems on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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