CAE (CAE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$17.92, indicating a potential upside of 8.65%. CAE has a consensus target price of C$40.59, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk and volatility, 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.4%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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.

Does the media prefer SES or CAE?

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than CAE. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 4 mentions for CAE. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Secure Energy Services' score of -0.23 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CAE	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.38	C$590.18M	C$2.55	6.46
CAE	C$4.32B	2.88	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-37.30

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.