Genesis Land Development (GDC) Competitors

Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) and Genesis Land Development (TSE:GDC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TOT or GDC?

Total Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Genesis Land Development. Genesis Land Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Total 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
Total Energy Services	C$863.79M	0.52	C$42.34M	C$1.05	11.10
Genesis Land Development	C$276.06M	0.70	C$25.24M	C$0.45	7.53

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TOT or GDC?

60.0% of Total Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of Genesis Land Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Total Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.4% of Genesis Land Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TOT or GDC more profitable?

Genesis Land Development has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Total Energy Services' net margin of 4.90%. Genesis Land Development's return on equity of 10.16% beat Total Energy Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Total Energy Services	4.90%	7.83%	5.48%
Genesis Land Development	9.14%	10.16%	4.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOT or GDC?

Total Energy Services received 191 more outperform votes than Genesis Land Development when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.41% of users gave Genesis Land Development an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Total Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Total Energy Services	Outperform Votes 269 56.16%	Underperform Votes 210 43.84%
Genesis Land Development	Outperform Votes 78 63.41%	Underperform Votes 45 36.59%

Does the media prefer TOT or GDC?

In the previous week, Total Energy Services had 3 more articles in the media than Genesis Land Development. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Total Energy Services and 0 mentions for Genesis Land Development. Total Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Genesis Land Development's score of 0.00 indicating that Total Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Total Energy Services	Very Positive
Genesis Land Development	Neutral

Do analysts recommend TOT or GDC?

Total Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$17.67, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. Given Total Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than Genesis Land Development.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Total Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Genesis Land Development	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, TOT or GDC?

Total Energy Services has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesis Land Development has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Total Energy Services beats Genesis Land Development on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.