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Western Energy Services (WRG) Competitors

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C$2.07 -0.01 (-0.48%)
As of 08/21/2025 02:12 PM Eastern

WRG vs. CET, XDC, AKT.A, SDI, QI, PD, ESI, PHX, LOU, and CONA

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), Lucero Energy (LOU), and Cona Resources (CONA). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Western Energy Services vs. Its Competitors

Cathedral Energy Services (TSE:CET) and Western Energy Services (TSE:WRG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

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

14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Western Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Western Energy Services shares are owned by 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.

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
Cathedral Energy ServicesC$577.31M0.00C$21.42MC$0.08N/A
Western Energy ServicesC$216.27M0.32-C$7.47M-C$0.21-9.86

In the previous week, Western Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Cathedral Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Western Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cathedral Energy Services Neutral
Western Energy Services Positive

Cathedral Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share. Western Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. 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 pays out -95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cathedral Energy Services3.71% 12.31% 8.07%
Western Energy Services -3.45%-2.40%0.18%

Western Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.85%. Given Western Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Energy Services is more favorable than Cathedral Energy Services.

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

Summary

Cathedral Energy Services beats Western Energy Services on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$70.05MC$298.34MC$7.76BC$6.37B
Dividend Yield8.70%14.24%10.97%6.72%
P/E Ratio-9.864.7572.9673.11
Price / Sales0.320.4124,808.331,702.25
Price / Cash8.7929.0735.8783.29
Price / Book0.241.574.034.90
Net Income-C$7.47MC$58.98MC$4.27BC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.09%1.57%1.35%
1 Month Performance0.49%0.71%0.71%1.88%
1 Year Performance-31.00%-9.41%8.81%27.39%

Western Energy Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRG
Western Energy Services
3.6465 of 5 stars
C$2.07
-0.5%
C$2.75
+32.9%
-30.5%C$70.05MC$216.27M-9.86675Gap Up
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$2.06
+0.5%
N/A+44.6%C$78.45MC$186.77M18.731,068
SDI
Stampede Drilling
N/AC$0.16
+6.7%
N/A-35.6%C$32.67MC$80.63M4.34328Gap Up
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
3.3581 of 5 stars
C$76.84
+1.9%
C$95.14
+23.8%
-15.3%C$1.09BC$1.95B4.52950
ESI
Ensign Energy Services
3.4679 of 5 stars
C$2.07
-2.8%
C$3.30
+59.4%
-9.9%C$382.32MC$1.70B12.105,300
PHX
PHX Energy Services
3.7987 of 5 stars
C$7.65
+3.1%
C$11.50
+50.3%
-20.7%C$348.91MC$638.31M4.8120
LOU
Lucero Energy
N/AC$0.42
flat
C$0.55
+31.4%
N/AC$267.82MC$166.52M6.68N/A
CONA
Cona Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$256.56MC$329.45M-1.95N/A

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