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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, HWO or ESN?

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HWO or ESN?

Essential Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than High Arctic Energy Services.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
High Arctic Energy Services	C$66.12M	0.00	-C$12.65M	-C$1.02	N/A
Essential Energy Services	C$158.15M	0.00	C$4.20M	C$0.01	N/A

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%

Is HWO or ESN a better dividend stock?

High Arctic Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Essential Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share. 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.

Does the media refer more to HWO or ESN?

In the previous week, High Arctic Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than Essential Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for High Arctic Energy Services and 0 mentions for Essential Energy Services. High Arctic Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Essential Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that High Arctic Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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