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 businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, SES or SPB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services received 35 more outperform votes than Superior Plus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.39% of users gave Superior Plus an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Secure Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Secure Energy Services	Outperform Votes 473 61.83%	Underperform Votes 292 38.17%
Superior Plus	Outperform Votes 438 62.39%	Underperform Votes 264 37.61%

Does the media refer more to SES or SPB?

In the previous week, Superior Plus had 5 more articles in the media than Secure Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Superior Plus and 0 mentions for Secure Energy Services. Superior Plus' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Secure Energy Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Superior Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Secure Energy Services	Neutral
Superior Plus	Positive

Do analysts prefer SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$17.20, indicating a potential upside of 20.20%. Superior Plus has a consensus target price of C$9.95, indicating a potential upside of 66.11%. 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Superior Plus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.8%. Superior Plus pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Secure Energy Services pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Superior Plus pays out 264.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is SES or SPB more profitable?

Secure Energy Services has a net margin of 5.86% compared to Superior Plus' net margin of 1.80%. Secure Energy Services' return on equity of 51.19% beat Superior Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Secure Energy Services	5.86%	51.19%	8.15%
Superior Plus	1.80%	4.21%	3.17%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SES or SPB?

Secure Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Superior Plus. Secure Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Superior Plus, 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$10.07B	0.33	C$590.18M	C$2.55	5.61
Superior Plus	C$1.80B	0.56	C$32.37M	C$0.27	22.02

Summary

Secure Energy Services beats Superior Plus on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.