TWM vs. STEP, CFW, PNE, TOT, JOY, IPO, BNE, CET, GXE, and GTE
Should you be buying Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure include STEP Energy Services (STEP), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Total Energy Services (TOT), Journey Energy (JOY), InPlay Oil (IPO), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Gear Energy (GXE), and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
STEP Energy Services (TSE:STEP) and Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure (TSE:TWM) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
STEP Energy Services has a net margin of 5.33% compared to STEP Energy Services' net margin of -17.48%. Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure's return on equity of 15.24% beat STEP Energy Services' return on equity.
STEP Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure has a consensus price target of C$0.99, indicating a potential upside of 62.57%. Given STEP Energy Services' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure is more favorable than STEP Energy Services.
STEP Energy Services has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than STEP Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure and 14 mentions for STEP Energy Services. Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat STEP Energy Services' score of -0.21 indicating that STEP Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
STEP Energy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure. Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STEP Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.2% of STEP Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of STEP Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure shares are owned 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.
STEP Energy Services received 69 more outperform votes than Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.09% of users gave STEP Energy Services an outperform vote while only 43.24% of users gave Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Summary
STEP Energy Services beats Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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