Secure Energy Services (SES) Competitors

Secure Energy Services (TSE:SES) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts recommend SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$17.97, suggesting a potential upside of 26.10%. CAE has a consensus target price of C$38.15, suggesting a potential upside of 11.35%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Secure Energy Services is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has more risk & volatility, SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Secure Energy Services	C$10.07B	0.33	C$590.18M	C$2.55	5.58
CAE	C$4.32B	2.54	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-32.85

Is SES or CAE more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.86% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.75%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 51.19% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services received 115 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 477 61.63%	Underperform Votes 297 38.37%
CAE	Outperform Votes 362 56.83%	Underperform Votes 275 43.17%

Is SES or CAE a better dividend stock?

Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CAE pays out -42.2% 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.

Does the media favor SES or CAE?

In the previous week, CAE had 18 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for CAE and 7 mentions for Secure Energy Services. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat CAE's score of -0.26 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CAE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SES or CAE?

37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.