Superior Plus (SPB) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of C$17.97, suggesting a potential upside of 15.55%. Superior Plus has a consensus price target of C$10.05, suggesting a potential upside of 23.41%. Given Superior Plus' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Secure Energy Services.

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)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Superior Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Is SES or SPB more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.86% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of 1.80%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 51.19% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%
Superior Plus	1.80%	4.21%	3.17%

Which has more risk and volatility, SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Superior Plus has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SES or SPB?

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than Superior Plus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 1 mentions for Superior Plus. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.81 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Superior Plus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SES or SPB a better dividend stock?

Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Superior Plus pays out 264.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services received 34 more outperform votes than Superior Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 479 61.73%	Underperform Votes 297 38.27%
Superior Plus	Outperform Votes 445 62.50%	Underperform Votes 267 37.50%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SES or SPB?

37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus. Secure Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Superior Plus, 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	0.36	C$590.18M	C$2.55	6.09
Superior Plus	C$1.80B	0.76	C$32.37M	C$0.27	29.93

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats Superior Plus on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.