PSD vs. HWO, E, MCB, SHLE, STEP, CFW, TOT, YGR, TNZ, and WRG
Should you be buying Pulse Seismic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Seismic include High Arctic Energy Services (HWO), Enterprise Group (E), McCoy Global (MCB), Source Energy Services (SHLE), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Total Energy Services (TOT), Yangarra Resources (YGR), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), and Western Energy Services (WRG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) and High Arctic Energy Services (TSE:HWO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Pulse Seismic pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. High Arctic Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Pulse Seismic pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. High Arctic Energy Services pays out -24.0% 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. High Arctic Energy Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Pulse Seismic had 2 more articles in the media than High Arctic Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pulse Seismic and 1 mentions for High Arctic Energy Services. Pulse Seismic's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat High Arctic Energy Services' score of 0.86 indicating that Pulse Seismic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pulse Seismic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than High Arctic Energy Services. High Arctic Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pulse Seismic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
High Arctic Energy Services received 88 more outperform votes than Pulse Seismic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.07% of users gave Pulse Seismic an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave High Arctic Energy Services an outperform vote.
25.6% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.7% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pulse Seismic has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Arctic Energy Services has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pulse Seismic has a net margin of 38.35% compared to High Arctic Energy Services' net margin of -21.22%. Pulse Seismic's return on equity of 50.74% beat High Arctic Energy Services' return on equity.
Summary
Pulse Seismic beats High Arctic Energy Services on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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