SFD vs. BRY, MCB, BNG, PMT, PPR, E, HWO, PSD, SHLE, and STEP
Should you be buying NXT Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NXT Energy Solutions include Bri-Chem (BRY), McCoy Global (MCB), Bengal Energy (BNG), Perpetual Energy (PMT), Prairie Provident Resources (PPR), Enterprise Group (E), High Arctic Energy Services (HWO), Pulse Seismic (PSD), Source Energy Services (SHLE), and STEP Energy Services (STEP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
NXT Energy Solutions (TSE:SFD) and Bri-Chem (TSE:BRY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, NXT Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Bri-Chem's score of 0.00 indicating that NXT Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NXT Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bri-Chem has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bri-Chem received 22 more outperform votes than NXT Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.38% of users gave NXT Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 63.06% of users gave Bri-Chem an outperform vote.
Bri-Chem has higher revenue and earnings than NXT Energy Solutions. NXT Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bri-Chem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
28.9% of NXT Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 39.9% of NXT Energy Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Bri-Chem shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bri-Chem has a net margin of 0.45% compared to NXT Energy Solutions' net margin of 0.00%. Bri-Chem's return on equity of 2.08% beat NXT Energy Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Bri-Chem beats NXT Energy Solutions on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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