TOT vs. CFW, STEP, SHLE, PSD, NOA, TCW, EFX, TVK, CEU, and PSI
Should you be buying Total Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Total Energy Services include Calfrac Well Services (CFW), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Pulse Seismic (PSD), North American Construction Group (NOA), Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), TerraVest Industries (TVK), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), and Pason Systems (PSI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Calfrac Well Services (TSE:CFW) and Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Calfrac Well Services currently has a consensus price target of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.77%. Total Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$16.50, indicating a potential upside of 71.34%. Given Calfrac Well Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than Calfrac Well Services.
In the previous week, Total Energy Services had 4 more articles in the media than Calfrac Well Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Total Energy Services and 0 mentions for Calfrac Well Services. Calfrac Well Services' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Total Energy Services' score of -0.46 indicating that Total Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calfrac Well Services received 235 more outperform votes than Total Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.51% of users gave Total Energy Services an outperform vote while only 51.01% of users gave Calfrac Well Services an outperform vote.
Calfrac Well Services has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Calfrac Well Services' net margin of 4.66%. Total Energy Services' return on equity of 38.03% beat Calfrac Well Services' return on equity.
Calfrac Well Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Total Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Calfrac Well Services pays out 2.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Total Energy Services pays out 35.6% 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.
Calfrac Well Services has higher revenue and earnings than Total Energy Services. Calfrac Well Services 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.
Calfrac Well Services has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Total Energy Services has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
20.5% of Calfrac Well Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Total Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.9% of Calfrac Well Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Total Energy Services shares are owned 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 beats Calfrac Well Services on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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