Superior Plus (SPB) Competitors

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

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%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, SES or SPB?

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

Do analysts recommend SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$18.31, suggesting a potential upside of 11.08%. Superior Plus has a consensus target price of C$9.47, suggesting a potential upside of 39.50%. Given Superior Plus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Superior Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	0.38	C$590.18M	C$2.55	6.46
Superior Plus	C$1.80B	0.63	C$32.37M	C$0.27	24.97

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 2.4%. Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. 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 media favor SES or SPB?

In the previous week, Superior Plus had 10 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Superior Plus and 0 mentions for Secure Energy Services. Superior Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Secure Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	Neutral
Superior Plus	Positive

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats Superior Plus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.