High Arctic Energy Services (HWO) Competitors

High Arctic Energy Services (TSE:HWO) and Essential Energy Services (TSE:ESN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HWO or ESN?

0.1% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.4% of Essential Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 50.0% of High Arctic Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Essential Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HWO or ESN?

Essential Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than High Arctic Energy Services. High Arctic Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential 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
High Arctic Energy Services	C$66.12M	0.21	-C$12.65M	-C$1.02	-1.10
Essential Energy Services	C$158.15M	0.32	C$4.20M	C$0.01	40.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWO or ESN?

Essential Energy Services received 97 more outperform votes than High Arctic Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Essential Energy Services an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave High Arctic Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
High Arctic Energy Services	Outperform Votes 183 61.41%	Underperform Votes 115 38.59%
Essential Energy Services	Outperform Votes 280 68.97%	Underperform Votes 126 31.03%

Does the media refer more to HWO or ESN?

In the previous week, Essential Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat High Arctic Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Essential Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
High Arctic Energy Services	Neutral
Essential Energy Services	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HWO or ESN?

High Arctic Energy Services has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Energy Services has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HWO or ESN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
High Arctic Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Essential Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is HWO or ESN a better dividend stock?

High Arctic Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Essential Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. High Arctic Energy Services pays out -5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Energy Services pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. High Arctic Energy Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HWO or ESN more profitable?

Essential Energy Services has a net margin of 0.60% compared to High Arctic Energy Services' net margin of -16.05%. Essential Energy Services' return on equity of 0.83% beat High Arctic Energy Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
High Arctic Energy Services	-16.05%	-14.36%	0.72%
Essential Energy Services	0.60%	0.83%	-0.17%

Summary

Essential Energy Services beats High Arctic Energy Services on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.