SPB vs. SES, RRX, BLDP, ADN, ALO, NVX, CAE, VNR, ACI, and CFY
Should you be buying Superior Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Superior Plus include Secure Energy Services (SES), Raging River Exploration (RRX), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), Acadian Timber (ADN), Alio Gold Inc. (ALO.TO) (ALO), NV Gold (NVX), CAE (CAE), Valener (VNR), TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO) (ACI), and CF Energy (CFY).
Superior Plus vs.
Superior Plus (TSE:SPB) and Secure Energy Services (TSE:SES) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Secure Energy Services received 36 more outperform votes than Superior Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.34% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote.
Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.62% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of -0.10%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 50.56% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.
Superior Plus currently has a consensus target price of C$10.05, suggesting a potential upside of 56.72%. Secure Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.63%. Given Superior Plus' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Secure Energy Services.
32.8% of Superior Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Superior Plus pays out -1,440.0% 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. Superior Plus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Superior Plus has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus. Superior Plus 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.
In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 25 more articles in the media than Superior Plus. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 1 mentions for Superior Plus. Superior Plus' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Secure Energy Services' score of 0.97 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Secure Energy Services beats Superior Plus on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Superior Plus News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} 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.
Superior Plus Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (TSE:SPB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
