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Western Energy Services (WRG) Competitors

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C$2.37 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/4/2025

WRG vs. CET, XDC, AKT.A, SDI, QI, PD, ESI, PHX, STEP, and CFW

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), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), PHX Energy Services (PHX), STEP Energy Services (STEP), and Calfrac Well Services (CFW). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Western Energy Services vs. Its Competitors

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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Western Energy Services has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Western Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.03%. Given Western Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Western Energy Services is more favorable than Cathedral Energy Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Energy Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cathedral Energy Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Energy Services-3.45% -2.40% 0.18%
Cathedral Energy Services 3.71%12.31%8.07%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Energy ServicesC$216.27M0.37-C$7.47M-C$0.21-11.29
Cathedral Energy ServicesC$577.31M0.00C$21.42MC$0.08N/A

Western Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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.

In the previous week, Western Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cathedral Energy Services'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Western Energy Services Neutral
Cathedral Energy Services Neutral

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cathedral Energy Services beats Western Energy Services on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WRG vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Energy ServicesOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$80.20MC$284.72MC$7.59BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield8.70%14.24%10.91%6.72%
P/E Ratio-11.295.6961.5350.85
Price / Sales0.370.4321,830.801,194.54
Price / Cash8.7929.0735.0483.29
Price / Book0.271.593.394.69
Net Income-C$7.47MC$58.98MC$4.21BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.87%0.82%1.88%1.62%
1 Month Performance8.72%7.66%6.57%4.20%
1 Year PerformanceN/A28.67%102.06%27.05%

Western Energy Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRG
Western Energy Services
N/AC$2.37
flat
C$2.75
+16.0%
N/AC$80.20MC$216.27M-11.29675
CET
Cathedral Energy Services
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$216.31MC$577.31M11.256
XDC
Xtreme Drilling
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$142.47MC$79.18M-2.18N/AGap Down
AKT.A
AKITA Drilling
N/AC$2.43
+6.6%
C$3.75
+54.3%
+84.2%C$92.53MC$186.77M22.091,068High Trading Volume
SDI
Stampede Drilling
N/AC$0.14
-6.9%
N/A-39.1%C$27.57MC$80.63M3.66328Gap Down
QI
Q Investments
N/AC$0.29
-27.5%
N/A+0.0%C$26.71M-C$570.77K-1.63N/AGap Down
PD
Precision Drilling
4.0716 of 5 stars
C$64.49
-0.4%
C$98.33
+52.5%
-27.5%C$917.70MC$1.95B3.79950Analyst Revision
ESI
Ensign Energy Services
4.0351 of 5 stars
C$2.25
+1.4%
C$3.30
+46.7%
+0.9%C$415.56MC$1.70B13.155,300Analyst Revision
PHX
PHX Energy Services
3.793 of 5 stars
C$8.05
-2.4%
C$11.50
+42.9%
-9.6%C$367.16MC$638.31M5.0620
STEP
STEP Energy Services
2.1771 of 5 stars
C$4.26
+1.7%
C$5.04
+18.3%
+9.1%C$304.82MC$1.00B7.381,432News Coverage
Positive News
CFW
Calfrac Well Services
4.0892 of 5 stars
C$3.43
+0.9%
C$4.63
+34.8%
-16.6%C$293.85MC$1.61B10.48730News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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