PHX vs. ESI, CET, PD, CFW, TOT, URC, GTE, PNE, KEC, and TWM
Should you be buying PHX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PHX Energy Services include Ensign Energy Services (ESI), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Precision Drilling (PD), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Total Energy Services (TOT), Uranium Royalty (URC), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), and Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TWM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
PHX Energy Services (TSE:PHX) and Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
PHX Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. PHX Energy Services pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ensign Energy Services pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PHX Energy Services has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Ensign Energy Services' net margin of 2.30%. PHX Energy Services' return on equity of 50.97% beat Ensign Energy Services' return on equity.
Ensign Energy Services received 20 more outperform votes than PHX Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.65% of users gave PHX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 43.97% of users gave Ensign Energy Services an outperform vote.
PHX Energy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ensign Energy Services. PHX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensign Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ensign Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than PHX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ensign Energy Services and 3 mentions for PHX Energy Services. Ensign Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PHX Energy Services' score of 0.29 indicating that Ensign Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.4% of PHX Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of PHX Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held 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.
PHX Energy Services has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.1, meaning that its share price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PHX Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.96%. Ensign Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$4.18, suggesting a potential upside of 65.82%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than PHX Energy Services.
Summary
PHX Energy Services and Ensign Energy Services tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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