Excelsior Mining (MIN) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CET or MIN?

Cathedral Energy Services currently has a consensus price target of C$1.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Cathedral Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cathedral Energy Services is more favorable than Excelsior Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cathedral Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Excelsior Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to CET or MIN?

In the previous week, Excelsior Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Cathedral Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Excelsior Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cathedral Energy Services	Neutral
Excelsior Mining	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CET or MIN?

Cathedral Energy Services received 216 more outperform votes than Excelsior Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Excelsior Mining an outperform vote while only 66.76% of users gave Cathedral Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cathedral Energy Services	Outperform Votes 227 66.76%	Underperform Votes 113 33.24%
Excelsior Mining	Outperform Votes 11 68.75%	Underperform Votes 5 31.25%

Is CET or MIN more profitable?

Cathedral Energy Services has a net margin of 3.71% compared to Excelsior Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Cathedral Energy Services' return on equity of 12.31% beat Excelsior Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cathedral Energy Services	3.71%	12.31%	8.07%
Excelsior Mining	N/A	-495.91%	-4.32%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CET or MIN?

Cathedral Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Excelsior Mining. Excelsior Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cathedral 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
Cathedral Energy Services	C$577.31M	0.00	C$21.42M	C$0.08	N/A
Excelsior Mining	C$1.95M	29.12	-C$48.26M	-C$0.21	-0.86

Which has more risk and volatility, CET or MIN?

Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelsior Mining has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CET or MIN?

14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Excelsior Mining shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Excelsior Mining shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cathedral Energy Services beats Excelsior Mining on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.