Superior Plus (SPB) Competitors

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

Is SES or SPB a better dividend stock?

Secure Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Secure Energy Services pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Superior Plus pays out -1,440.0% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services received 36 more outperform votes than Superior Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.43% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 61.99% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 473 61.99%	Underperform Votes 290 38.01%
Superior Plus	Outperform Votes 437 62.43%	Underperform Votes 263 37.57%

Do analysts recommend SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$16.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.57%. Superior Plus has a consensus target price of C$9.91, suggesting a potential upside of 62.44%. Given Superior Plus' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Superior Plus is more favorable than Secure Energy Services.

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
Superior Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SES or SPB?

37.7% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Superior Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Secure Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer SES or SPB?

In the previous week, Secure Energy Services had 4 more articles in the media than Superior Plus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Secure Energy Services and 2 mentions for Superior Plus. Secure Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Superior Plus' score of 0.44 indicating that Secure Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Superior Plus	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SES or SPB more profitable?

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
Secure Energy Services	5.62%	50.56%	8.15%
Superior Plus	-0.10%	1.17%	3.17%

Which has more risk & volatility, SES or SPB?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SES or SPB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Secure Energy Services	C$9.96B	0.40	C$560M	C$2.00	8.34
Superior Plus	C$2.41B	0.63	C$19.11M	-C$0.05	-122.00

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats Superior Plus on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.