CAE (CAE) Competitors

Secure Energy Services (TSE:SES) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Secure Energy Services	C$10.07B	0.29	C$590.18M	C$2.55	4.90
CAE	C$4.32B	2.38	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-30.77

Which has more volatility & risk, SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SES or CAE more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.86% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.75%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 51.19% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%

Does the media favor SES or CAE?

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 7 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 3 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Secure Energy Services' score of -0.14 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CAE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SES or CAE a better dividend stock?

Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CAE pays out -42.2% 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.

Do analysts recommend SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$17.81, suggesting a potential upside of 42.33%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$37.65, suggesting a potential upside of 17.33%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Secure Energy Services is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services received 116 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.72% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote while only 56.65% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 474 61.72%	Underperform Votes 294 38.28%
CAE	Outperform Votes 358 56.65%	Underperform Votes 274 43.35%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SES or CAE?

37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE shares are owned 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.

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.