High Arctic Energy Services (HWO) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ESN or HWO?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, ESN or HWO?

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
Essential Energy Services	C$158.15M	0.00	C$4.20M	C$0.01	N/A
High Arctic Energy Services	C$66.12M	0.21	-C$12.65M	-C$1.02	-1.09

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESN or HWO?

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ESN or HWO?

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

Is ESN or HWO 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
Essential Energy Services	0.60%	0.83%	-0.17%
High Arctic Energy Services	-16.05%	-14.36%	0.72%

Does the media prefer ESN or HWO?

In the previous week, High Arctic Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Essential Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that High Arctic Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is ESN or HWO a better dividend stock?

Essential Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share. 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 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 pays out -5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. High Arctic Energy Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Essential Energy Services beats High Arctic Energy Services on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.