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Superior Plus (SPB) Competitors

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C$6.65
+0.06 (+0.91%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

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 earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Secure Energy Services received 39 more outperform votes than Superior Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.36% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Superior PlusOutperform Votes
434
62.36%
Underperform Votes
262
37.64%
Secure Energy ServicesOutperform Votes
473
61.99%
Underperform Votes
290
38.01%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Superior Plus-0.10% 1.17% 3.17%
Secure Energy Services 5.62%50.56%8.15%

Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. 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 currently has a consensus price target of C$10.18, suggesting a potential upside of 53.11%. Secure Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$16.58, suggesting a potential upside of 2.95%. Given Superior Plus' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Secure Energy Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Superior Plus
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Secure Energy Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 28 more articles in the media than Superior Plus. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 2 mentions for Superior Plus. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.72 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Superior Plus
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Secure Energy Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Superior PlusC$2.41B0.69C$19.11M-C$0.05-133.00
Secure Energy ServicesC$9.96B0.39C$560MC$2.008.05

32.8% of Superior Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Superior Plus has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Secure Energy Services has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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SPB vs. The Competition

MetricSuperior PlusUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.65BC$1.85BC$12.78BC$4.28B
Dividend Yield9.90%4.11%4.17%6.98%
P/E Ratio-133.0032.8796.8327.34
Price / Sales0.69112.6933.121,232.21
Price / Cash48.65826.8853.0172.98
Price / Book1.588.632.253.20
Net IncomeC$19.11MC$305.01MC$590.73MC$254.42M
7 Day Performance0.91%-0.11%-1.01%0.04%
1 Month Performance-11.21%-2.81%-0.86%1.29%
1 Year Performance-33.96%3.47%10.14%29.98%

Superior Plus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPB
Superior Plus
2.94 of 5 stars
C$6.65
+0.9%
C$10.18
+53.1%
-34.0%C$1.65BC$2.41B-133.0011,000Upcoming Earnings
SES
Secure Energy Services
3.2278 of 5 stars
C$15.90
+2.5%
C$16.58
+4.2%
+103.0%C$3.83BC$9.96B7.95130Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RRX
Raging River Exploration
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.39BC$471.93M17.6226,000
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
N/AC$2.27
+2.7%
N/A-52.1%C$679.66MC$104.27M-3.201,173News Coverage
ADN
Acadian Timber
3.0916 of 5 stars
C$17.78
-3.4%
C$20.33
+14.4%
+7.3%C$311.86MC$120.41M9.56200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
ALO
Alio Gold Inc. (ALO.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$168.55MC$111.23M-1.1969,300
NVX
NV Gold
N/AC$0.28
-6.7%
N/A+600.0%C$2.76MN/A-0.85N/AGap Down
CAE
CAE
1.1675 of 5 stars
C$25.04
+2.2%
C$30.60
+22.2%
-15.0%C$7.98BC$4.34B-23.4013,000Upcoming Earnings
VNR
Valener
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.02BC$86.25M17.73381
ACI
TriSummit Utilities Inc. (ACI.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.00BC$326.30M23.92290,000
CFY
CF Energy
N/AC$0.16
-3.0%
N/A-22.0%C$10.54MC$481.21M-8.00N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:SPB) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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