SHLE vs. PSD, STEP, HWO, E, MCB, CFW, TOT, NOA, CET, and IPO
Should you be buying Source Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Source Energy Services include Pulse Seismic (PSD), STEP Energy Services (STEP), High Arctic Energy Services (HWO), Enterprise Group (E), McCoy Global (MCB), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Total Energy Services (TOT), North American Construction Group (NOA), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), and InPlay Oil (IPO). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Source Energy Services (TSE:SHLE) and Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, Source Energy Services had 4 more articles in the media than Pulse Seismic. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Source Energy Services and 2 mentions for Pulse Seismic. Pulse Seismic's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Source Energy Services' score of 0.67 indicating that Pulse Seismic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Source Energy Services received 54 more outperform votes than Pulse Seismic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.07% of users gave Pulse Seismic an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave Source Energy Services an outperform vote.
Pulse Seismic has a net margin of 38.35% compared to Source Energy Services' net margin of 29.37%. Source Energy Services' return on equity of 191.48% beat Pulse Seismic's return on equity.
17.3% of Source Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Pulse Seismic shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Source Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Pulse Seismic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Source Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Seismic. Source Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pulse Seismic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Source Energy Services has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pulse Seismic has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Source Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$16.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Given Source Energy Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Source Energy Services is more favorable than Pulse Seismic.
Summary
Source Energy Services beats Pulse Seismic on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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