PSD vs. NOA, TOT, STEP, CFW, SHLE, E, SDY, MCB, CWC, and AVE
Should you be buying Pulse Seismic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pulse Seismic include North American Construction Group (NOA), Total Energy Services (TOT), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), Source Energy Services (SHLE), Enterprise Group (E), Strad Inc. (SDY.TO) (SDY), McCoy Global (MCB), CWC Energy Services (CWC), and Aveda Transportation and Energy Services (AVE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Pulse Seismic vs. Its Competitors
North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) and Pulse Seismic (TSE:PSD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 5 more articles in the media than Pulse Seismic. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for North American Construction Group and 3 mentions for Pulse Seismic. Pulse Seismic's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat North American Construction Group's score of -0.23 indicating that Pulse Seismic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Pulse Seismic pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. North American Construction Group pays out 18.8% 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. North American Construction Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
North American Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Pulse Seismic. North American Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pulse Seismic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pulse Seismic has a net margin of 31.51% compared to North American Construction Group's net margin of 4.80%. Pulse Seismic's return on equity of 45.18% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.
North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% 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.
79.1% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Pulse Seismic shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Pulse Seismic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
North American Construction Group presently has a consensus price target of C$34.17, suggesting a potential upside of 64.90%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Pulse Seismic.
Summary
North American Construction Group beats Pulse Seismic on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:PSD) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
