PSD vs. TOT, CFW, STEP, SHLE, E, SDY, CWC, MCB, AVE, and ESN
Should you be buying Pulse Seismic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Seismic include Total Energy Services (TOT), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Enterprise Group (E), Strad Inc. (SDY.TO) (SDY), CWC Energy Services (CWC), McCoy Global (MCB), Aveda Transportation and Energy Services (AVE), and Essential Energy Services (ESN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Pulse Seismic vs.
Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) and Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
60.0% of Total Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Total Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Pulse Seismic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pulse Seismic has a net margin of 31.51% compared to Total Energy Services' net margin of 4.90%. Pulse Seismic's return on equity of 45.18% beat Total Energy Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Pulse Seismic had 2 more articles in the media than Total Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pulse Seismic and 1 mentions for Total Energy Services. Pulse Seismic's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Total Energy Services' score of 1.10 indicating that Pulse Seismic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Total Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Seismic. Total Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pulse Seismic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Total Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pulse Seismic pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Total Energy Services pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pulse Seismic pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Total Energy Services received 174 more outperform votes than Pulse Seismic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.07% of users gave Pulse Seismic an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Total Energy Services an outperform vote.
Total Energy Services has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pulse Seismic has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pulse Seismic beats Total Energy Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PSD) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
