Total Energy Services (TOT) Competitors

Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) and Morguard (TSE:MRC) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate TOT or MRC?

Total Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.67%. Given Total Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than Morguard.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Total Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Morguard	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TOT or MRC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Total Energy Services	C$991.08M	0.49	C$41.49M	C$1.70	7.75
Morguard	C$1.11B	1.11	C$196.68M	C$17.66	6.54

Is TOT or MRC a better dividend stock?

Total Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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.

Does the media refer more to TOT or MRC?

In the previous week, Morguard had 1 more articles in the media than Total Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Morguard and 0 mentions for Total Energy Services. Morguard's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Total Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Morguard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Total Energy Services	Neutral
Morguard	Neutral

Is TOT or MRC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Total Energy Services	4.90%	7.84%	5.48%
Morguard	17.41%	4.90%	2.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, TOT or MRC?

Total Energy Services has a beta of 1.175601, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morguard has a beta of 0.376635, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TOT or MRC?

28.9% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 73.0% of Morguard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Total Energy Services and Morguard tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.