TOT vs. MRC, SOY, AKG, GDC, WTER, SEB, OMI, NUS, COR, and MCK
Should you be buying Total Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Total Energy Services include Morguard (MRC), SunOpta (SOY), Asanko Gold (AKG), Genesis Land Development (GDC), Alkaline Water (WTER), Smart Employee Benefits (SEB), Orosur Mining (OMI), Nautilus Minerals (NUS), Camino Minerals (COR), and 14642 (MCK.V) (MCK). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Total Energy Services vs. Its Competitors
Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) and Morguard (TSE:MRC) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
28.8% of Total Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Morguard shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Total Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.0% of Morguard shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Total Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.84%. Given Total Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than Morguard.
Morguard has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Total Energy Services' net margin of 4.90%. Total Energy Services' return on equity of 7.84% beat Morguard's return on equity.
Morguard has higher revenue and earnings than Total Energy Services. Morguard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Total Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Total Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Morguard pays an annual dividend of C$0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Total Energy Services pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morguard pays out 4.2% 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.
In the previous week, Total Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than Morguard. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Total Energy Services and 1 mentions for Morguard. Total Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Morguard's score of 0.88 indicating that Total Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Total Energy Services has a beta of 1.236022, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morguard has a beta of 0.437898, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Total Energy Services beats Morguard on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:TOT) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
