SFD vs. ESN, MXX, HWO, BRY, CSM, SEW, HE, WEE, HTC, and DVT
Should you be buying NXT Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NXT Energy Solutions include Essential Energy Services (ESN), MATRRIX Energy Technologies (MXX), High Arctic Energy Services (HWO), Bri-Chem (BRY), ClearStream Energy Services (CSM), Seaway Energy Services (SEW), Hanwei Energy Services (HE), Wavefront Technology Solutions (WEE), HTC Purenergy (HTC), and Divestco (DVT). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
NXT Energy Solutions vs.
Essential Energy Services (TSE:ESN) and NXT Energy Solutions (TSE:SFD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, NXT Energy Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Essential Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NXT Energy Solutions and 1 mentions for Essential Energy Services. Essential Energy Services' average media sentiment score of -0.33 beat NXT Energy Solutions' score of -1.00 indicating that Essential Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Essential Energy Services received 203 more outperform votes than NXT Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Essential Energy Services an outperform vote while only 66.38% of users gave NXT Energy Solutions an outperform vote.
Essential Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than NXT Energy Solutions. NXT Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essential Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.4% of Essential Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of NXT Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Essential Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of NXT Energy Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Essential Energy Services has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXT Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Essential Energy Services has a net margin of 0.60% compared to NXT Energy Solutions' net margin of -252.18%. Essential Energy Services' return on equity of 0.83% beat NXT Energy Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Essential Energy Services beats NXT Energy Solutions on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SFD) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
