Superior Plus (SPB) Competitors

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

Is SPB or SES a better dividend stock?

Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Superior Plus pays out -1,440.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Secure Energy Services pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Superior Plus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPB or SES?

Secure Energy Services received 35 more outperform votes than Superior Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.39% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Superior Plus	Outperform Votes 438 62.39%	Underperform Votes 264 37.61%
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 473 61.83%	Underperform Votes 292 38.17%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SPB or SES?

32.8% of Superior Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned 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.

Does the media refer more to SPB or SES?

In the previous week, Superior Plus had 2 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Superior Plus and 1 mentions for Secure Energy Services. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.69 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Superior Plus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Secure Energy Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SPB or SES?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus. Superior Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Energy Services, 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
Superior Plus	C$2.41B	0.63	C$19.11M	-C$0.05	-122.80
Secure Energy Services	C$9.96B	0.38	C$560M	C$2.00	7.82

Do analysts recommend SPB or SES?

Superior Plus currently has a consensus target price of C$9.95, suggesting a potential upside of 62.05%. Secure Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Superior Plus' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Secure Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Superior Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is SPB or SES more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.62% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of -0.10%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 50.56% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Superior Plus	-0.10%	1.17%	3.17%
Secure Energy Services	5.62%	50.56%	8.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, SPB or SES?

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

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats Superior Plus on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.