Ensign Energy Services (ESI) Competitors

Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) and Canaccord Genuity Group (TSE:CF) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ESI or CF?

6.0% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are held by institutional investors. 44.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ESI or CF a better dividend stock?

Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Canaccord Genuity Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ensign Energy Services pays out 140.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canaccord Genuity Group pays out -142.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ESI or CF?

Ensign Energy Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaccord Genuity Group. Canaccord Genuity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensign 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
Ensign Energy Services	C$1.70B	0.25	C$31.59M	C$0.17	13.39
Canaccord Genuity Group	C$1.83B	0.63	-C$24.41M	-C$0.24	-47.01

Do analysts rate ESI or CF?

Ensign Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$3.30, indicating a potential upside of 44.10%. Canaccord Genuity Group has a consensus target price of C$12.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Canaccord Genuity Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ensign Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Canaccord Genuity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer ESI or CF?

In the previous week, Ensign Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Canaccord Genuity Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ensign Energy Services and 1 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group. Canaccord Genuity Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ensign Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Canaccord Genuity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ensign Energy Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canaccord Genuity Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ESI or CF more profitable?

Ensign Energy Services has a net margin of 1.86% compared to Canaccord Genuity Group's net margin of -1.33%. Ensign Energy Services' return on equity of 2.37% beat Canaccord Genuity Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ensign Energy Services	1.86%	2.37%	2.69%
Canaccord Genuity Group	-1.33%	-2.33%	0.86%

Which has more risk and volatility, ESI or CF?

Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ensign Energy Services beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.