Enservco (ENSV) Competitors

Enservco (NYSE:ENSV) and Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate ENSV or VTNR?

Vertex Energy has a consensus price target of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Vertex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vertex Energy is more favorable than Enservco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enservco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vertex Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENSV or VTNR?

Vertex Energy received 287 more outperform votes than Enservco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.94% of users gave Vertex Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Enservco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enservco	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 16 100.00%
Vertex Energy	Outperform Votes 287 62.94%	Underperform Votes 169 37.06%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ENSV or VTNR?

Enservco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vertex Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enservco	$22.06M	0.15	-$8.52M	-$0.25	-0.23
Vertex Energy	$3.18B	0.00	-$71.49M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, ENSV or VTNR?

Enservco has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex Energy has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENSV or VTNR more profitable?

Vertex Energy has a net margin of -3.61% compared to Enservco's net margin of -28.49%. Vertex Energy's return on equity of -58.04% beat Enservco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enservco	-28.49%	-1,040.29%	-49.15%
Vertex Energy	-3.61%	-58.04%	-13.42%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ENSV or VTNR?

25.6% of Enservco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Vertex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Enservco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Vertex Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ENSV or VTNR?

In the previous week, Vertex Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Enservco. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vertex Energy and 0 mentions for Enservco. Vertex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Enservco's score of 0.00 indicating that Vertex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Enservco	Neutral
Vertex Energy	Positive

Summary

Vertex Energy beats Enservco on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.