NXT Energy Solutions (SFD) Competitors

CWC Energy Services (CVE:CWC) and NXT Energy Solutions (TSE:SFD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWC or SFD?

CWC Energy Services received 11 more outperform votes than NXT Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.38% of users gave NXT Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.41% of users gave CWC Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CWC Energy Services	Outperform Votes 88 62.41%	Underperform Votes 53 37.59%
NXT Energy Solutions	Outperform Votes 77 66.38%	Underperform Votes 39 33.62%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CWC or SFD?

72.3% of CWC Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of NXT Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of CWC Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of NXT Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CWC or SFD more profitable?

CWC Energy Services has a net margin of 20.29% compared to NXT Energy Solutions' net margin of -243.94%. CWC Energy Services' return on equity of 22.30% beat NXT Energy Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CWC Energy Services	20.29%	22.30%	6.62%
NXT Energy Solutions	-243.94%	-123.85%	-21.54%

Which has more risk and volatility, CWC or SFD?

CWC Energy Services has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXT Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CWC or SFD?

In the previous week, CWC Energy Services and CWC Energy Services both had 1 articles in the media. CWC Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat NXT Energy Solutions' score of 0.44 indicating that CWC Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CWC Energy Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NXT Energy Solutions	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CWC or SFD?

CWC Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than NXT Energy Solutions. NXT Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CWC 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
CWC Energy Services	C$207.84M	0.40	C$42.17M	C$0.08	1.96
NXT Energy Solutions	C$2.78M	5.99	-C$6.77M	-C$0.09	-2.45

Summary

CWC Energy Services beats NXT Energy Solutions on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.