EFX vs. CEU, TVK, PSI, SCL, TCW, NOA, TOT, CFW, STEP, and SHLE
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include CES Energy Solutions (CEU), TerraVest Industries (TVK), Pason Systems (PSI), Shawcor (SCL), Trican Well Service (TCW), North American Construction Group (NOA), Total Energy Services (TOT), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), STEP Energy Services (STEP), and Source Energy Services (SHLE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
CES Energy Solutions (TSE:CEU) and Enerflex (TSE:EFX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
CES Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CES Energy Solutions pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out -8.1% 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.
CES Energy Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enerflex. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CES Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
32.2% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of CES Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CES Energy Solutions has a net margin of 8.02% compared to CES Energy Solutions' net margin of -4.65%. Enerflex's return on equity of 26.28% beat CES Energy Solutions' return on equity.
CES Energy Solutions currently has a consensus price target of C$7.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.48%. Enerflex has a consensus price target of C$10.56, indicating a potential upside of 49.19%. Given CES Energy Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enerflex is more favorable than CES Energy Solutions.
Enerflex received 110 more outperform votes than CES Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.33% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave CES Energy Solutions an outperform vote.
CES Energy Solutions has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CES Energy Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Enerflex. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CES Energy Solutions and 1 mentions for Enerflex. Enerflex's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat CES Energy Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that CES Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CES Energy Solutions beats Enerflex on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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