WRG vs. CET, XDC, AKT.A, SDI, QI, PD, PHX, ESI, STEP, and FEC
Should you be buying Western Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Energy Services include Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Xtreme Drilling (XDC), AKITA Drilling (AKT.A), Stampede Drilling (SDI), Q Investments (QI), Precision Drilling (PD), PHX Energy Services (PHX), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), STEP Energy Services (STEP), and Frontera Energy (FEC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Western Energy Services vs.
Western Energy Services (TSE:WRG) and Cathedral Energy Services (TSE:CET) 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, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Cathedral Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Western Energy Services. Western Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cathedral Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Western Energy Services had 9 more articles in the media than Cathedral Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Western Energy Services and 0 mentions for Cathedral Energy Services. Cathedral Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Western Energy Services' score of -0.25 indicating that Cathedral Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Energy Services has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Cathedral Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share. Western Energy Services pays out -95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cathedral Energy Services pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Energy Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cathedral Energy Services has a net margin of 3.71% compared to Western Energy Services' net margin of -3.45%. Cathedral Energy Services' return on equity of 12.31% beat Western Energy Services' return on equity.
49.7% of Western Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.7% of Western Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Western Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 58.54%. Cathedral Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Western Energy Services' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Western Energy Services is more favorable than Cathedral Energy Services.
Cathedral Energy Services received 43 more outperform votes than Western Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave Cathedral Energy Services an outperform vote while only 54.44% of users gave Western Energy Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Cathedral Energy Services beats Western Energy Services on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:WRG) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
