NOA vs. TCW, EFX, CFW, TOT, TVK, STEP, CEU, PSI, SHLE, and SGY
Should you be buying North American Construction Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Construction Group include Trican Well Service (TCW), Enerflex (EFX), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Total Energy Services (TOT), TerraVest Industries (TVK), STEP Energy Services (STEP), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), Pason Systems (PSI), Source Energy Services (SHLE), and Surge Energy (SGY). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Trican Well Service (TSE:TCW) and North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Trican Well Service has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trican Well Service received 293 more outperform votes than North American Construction Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.13% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 52.60% of users gave Trican Well Service an outperform vote.
Trican Well Service has higher revenue and earnings than North American Construction Group. Trican Well Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trican Well Service currently has a consensus price target of C$5.46, indicating a potential upside of 26.20%. North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of C$40.71, indicating a potential upside of 34.90%. Given Trican Well Service's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Trican Well Service.
Trican Well Service pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Trican Well Service pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Construction Group pays out 19.1% 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.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 3 more articles in the media than Trican Well Service. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for North American Construction Group and 1 mentions for Trican Well Service. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Trican Well Service's score of -0.31 indicating that Trican Well Service is being referred to more favorably in the media.
21.8% of Trican Well Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Trican Well Service shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Trican Well Service has a net margin of 12.44% compared to Trican Well Service's net margin of 6.60%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 23.69% beat Trican Well Service's return on equity.
Summary
Trican Well Service and North American Construction Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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