STEP Energy Services (STEP) Competitors

WELL Health Technologies (TSE:WELL) and STEP Energy Services (TSE:STEP) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Is WELL or STEP more profitable?

WELL Health Technologies has a net margin of 7.67% compared to STEP Energy Services' net margin of 4.10%. STEP Energy Services' return on equity of 10.51% beat WELL Health Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WELL Health Technologies	7.67%	8.74%	2.07%
STEP Energy Services	4.10%	10.51%	9.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, WELL or STEP?

WELL Health Technologies has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STEP Energy Services has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WELL or STEP?

In the previous week, WELL Health Technologies had 20 more articles in the media than STEP Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for WELL Health Technologies and 1 mentions for STEP Energy Services. WELL Health Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat STEP Energy Services' score of 0.07 indicating that WELL Health Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
WELL Health Technologies	Neutral
STEP Energy Services	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, WELL or STEP?

WELL Health Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STEP Energy Services. STEP Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WELL Health Technologies, 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
WELL Health Technologies	C$962.00M	1.03	C$73.76M	C$0.30	13.42
STEP Energy Services	C$1.00B	0.27	C$41.05M	C$0.58	6.51

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WELL or STEP?

STEP Energy Services received 76 more outperform votes than WELL Health Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.21% of users gave WELL Health Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.35% of users gave STEP Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WELL Health Technologies	Outperform Votes 45 59.21%	Underperform Votes 31 40.79%
STEP Energy Services	Outperform Votes 121 57.35%	Underperform Votes 90 42.65%

Do analysts rate WELL or STEP?

WELL Health Technologies currently has a consensus price target of C$8.08, suggesting a potential upside of 103.91%. STEP Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$4.96, suggesting a potential upside of 32.03%. Given WELL Health Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe WELL Health Technologies is more favorable than STEP Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WELL Health Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
STEP Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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

5.6% of WELL Health Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of STEP Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of WELL Health Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of STEP Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

WELL Health Technologies beats STEP Energy Services on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.