STEP Energy Services (STEP) Competitors

STEP Energy Services (TSE:STEP) and Callidus Capital (TSE:CBL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, STEP or CBL?

STEP Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Callidus Capital. Callidus Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STEP 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
STEP Energy Services	C$1.00B	0.32	C$41.05M	C$0.58	7.64
Callidus Capital	C$181.78M	0.00	-C$240.42M	-C$4.21	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STEP or CBL?

58.3% of STEP Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of STEP Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor STEP or CBL?

In the previous week, STEP Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Callidus Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STEP Energy Services and 0 mentions for Callidus Capital. Callidus Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat STEP Energy Services' score of -1.00 indicating that Callidus Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
STEP Energy Services	Negative
Callidus Capital	Neutral

Is STEP or CBL more profitable?

STEP Energy Services has a net margin of 4.10% compared to Callidus Capital's net margin of 0.00%. STEP Energy Services' return on equity of 10.51% beat Callidus Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STEP Energy Services	4.10%	10.51%	9.15%
Callidus Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate STEP or CBL?

STEP Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$5.14, suggesting a potential upside of 16.62%. Given STEP Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe STEP Energy Services is more favorable than Callidus Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STEP Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Callidus Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STEP or CBL?

Callidus Capital received 230 more outperform votes than STEP Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave Callidus Capital an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave STEP Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
STEP Energy Services	Outperform Votes 121 57.89%	Underperform Votes 88 42.11%
Callidus Capital	Outperform Votes 351 73.89%	Underperform Votes 124 26.11%

Summary

STEP Energy Services beats Callidus Capital on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.