Source Energy Services (SHLE) Competitors

Source Energy Services (TSE:SHLE) and North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHLE or NOA?

North American Construction Group received 144 more outperform votes than Source Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Source Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Source Energy Services	Outperform Votes 149 63.14%	Underperform Votes 87 36.86%
North American Construction Group	Outperform Votes 293 63.56%	Underperform Votes 168 36.44%

Do analysts rate SHLE or NOA?

Source Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$16.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.35%. North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of C$35.75, indicating a potential upside of 55.64%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Source Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Source Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
North American Construction Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Is SHLE or NOA more profitable?

Source Energy Services has a net margin of 24.84% compared to North American Construction Group's net margin of 4.80%. Source Energy Services' return on equity of 95.63% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Source Energy Services	24.84%	95.63%	6.78%
North American Construction Group	4.80%	15.24%	6.65%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHLE or NOA?

16.5% of Source Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Source Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of North American Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SHLE or NOA?

Source Energy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than North American Construction Group. Source Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, 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
Source Energy Services	C$682.39M	0.22	C$169.48M	C$12.55	0.90
North American Construction Group	C$1.18B	0.52	C$56.80M	C$2.13	10.80

Which has more volatility and risk, SHLE or NOA?

Source Energy Services has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SHLE or NOA?

In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 3 more articles in the media than Source Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for North American Construction Group and 0 mentions for Source Energy Services. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Source Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that North American Construction Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Source Energy Services	Neutral
North American Construction Group	Neutral

Summary

North American Construction Group beats Source Energy Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.