Tidewater Renewables (LCFS) Competitors

Tidewater Renewables (TSE:LCFS) and Spark Power Group (TSE:SPG) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts rate LCFS or SPG?

Tidewater Renewables currently has a consensus target price of C$6.68, indicating a potential upside of 745.39%. Given Tidewater Renewables' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tidewater Renewables is more favorable than Spark Power Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tidewater Renewables	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Spark Power Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LCFS or SPG more profitable?

Spark Power Group has a net margin of -2.72% compared to Tidewater Renewables' net margin of -2.95%. Tidewater Renewables' return on equity of -1.80% beat Spark Power Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tidewater Renewables	-2.95%	-1.80%	0.46%
Spark Power Group	-2.72%	-28.57%	-1.50%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LCFS or SPG?

Tidewater Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Spark Power Group. Tidewater Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spark Power Group, 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
Tidewater Renewables	C$323.10M	0.09	-C$9.54M	-C$0.29	-2.72
Spark Power Group	C$259.65M	0.00	-C$17.75M	-C$0.18	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, LCFS or SPG?

Tidewater Renewables has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spark Power Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LCFS or SPG?

Spark Power Group received 8 more outperform votes than Tidewater Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Spark Power Group an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Tidewater Renewables an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tidewater Renewables	Outperform Votes 15 35.71%	Underperform Votes 27 64.29%
Spark Power Group	Outperform Votes 23 63.89%	Underperform Votes 13 36.11%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LCFS or SPG?

3.6% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of Spark Power Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.9% of Tidewater Renewables shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Spark Power Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor LCFS or SPG?

In the previous week, Tidewater Renewables had 1 more articles in the media than Spark Power Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tidewater Renewables and 0 mentions for Spark Power Group. Tidewater Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Spark Power Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Tidewater Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tidewater Renewables	Neutral
Spark Power Group	Neutral

Summary

Tidewater Renewables beats Spark Power Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.