Secure Energy Services (SES) Competitors

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

Is SES or CAE a better dividend stock?

Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CAE pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CAE pays out -42.2% 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.

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

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

Is SES or CAE more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.86% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.75%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 51.19% beat CAE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%
CAE	-7.75%	-7.81%	2.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SES or CAE?

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 56.83% of users gave CAE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 473 61.83%	Underperform Votes 292 38.17%
CAE	Outperform Votes 358 56.83%	Underperform Votes 272 43.17%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SES or CAE?

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
Secure Energy Services	C$10.07B	0.34	C$590.18M	C$2.55	5.73
CAE	C$4.32B	2.68	-C$334.62M	-C$1.04	-34.64

Does the media refer more to SES or CAE?

In the previous week, CAE had 26 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for CAE and 0 mentions for Secure Energy Services. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Secure Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that CAE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	Neutral
CAE	Neutral

Do analysts recommend SES or CAE?

Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 17.65%. CAE has a consensus target price of C$36.94, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Given Secure Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Secure Energy Services is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Secure Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Which has more risk and volatility, SES or CAE?

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

Summary

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