Secure Energy Services (SES) Competitors

CAE (TSE:CAE) and Secure Energy Services (TSE:SES) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Does the media favor CAE or SES?

In the previous week, CAE had 6 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CAE and 0 mentions for Secure Energy Services. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Secure Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CAE	Neutral
Secure Energy Services	Neutral

Do analysts prefer CAE or SES?

CAE currently has a consensus price target of C$35.56, suggesting a potential upside of 2.16%. Secure Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.57%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Secure Energy Services is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAE or SES?

Secure Energy Services received 115 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CAE	Outperform Votes 358 57.28%	Underperform Votes 267 42.72%
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 473 61.83%	Underperform Votes 292 38.17%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CAE or SES?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Secure 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
CAE	C$4.34B	2.56	-C$341.80M	-C$1.07	-32.53
Secure Energy Services	C$9.96B	0.39	C$560M	C$2.00	8.00

Which has more volatility and risk, CAE or SES?

CAE has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAE or SES?

77.3% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CAE or SES a better dividend stock?

CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CAE pays out -41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Secure Energy Services pays out 20.0% 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.

Is CAE or SES more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.62% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.39%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 50.56% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CAE	-7.39%	-7.43%	2.79%
Secure Energy Services	5.62%	50.56%	8.15%

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats CAE on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.