Trican Well Service (TCW) Competitors

Trican Well Service (TSE:TCW) and CES Energy Solutions (TSE:CEU) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate TCW or CEU?

Trican Well Service presently has a consensus price target of C$5.57, indicating a potential upside of 13.47%. CES Energy Solutions has a consensus price target of C$10.59, indicating a potential upside of 8.77%. Given Trican Well Service's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Trican Well Service is more favorable than CES Energy Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trican Well Service	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
CES Energy Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Is TCW or CEU more profitable?

Trican Well Service has a net margin of 12.36% compared to CES Energy Solutions' net margin of 8.53%. CES Energy Solutions' return on equity of 27.17% beat Trican Well Service's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trican Well Service	12.36%	24.57%	15.84%
CES Energy Solutions	8.53%	27.17%	11.21%

Is TCW or CEU a better dividend stock?

Trican Well Service pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CES Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Trican Well Service pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CES Energy Solutions pays out 15.4% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, TCW or CEU?

Trican Well Service has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CES Energy Solutions has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TCW or CEU?

CES Energy Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Trican Well Service. Trican Well Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CES Energy Solutions, 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
Trican Well Service	C$991.15M	0.95	C$122.54M	C$0.57	8.61
CES Energy Solutions	C$2.23B	1.02	C$190.35M	C$0.78	12.49

Does the media favor TCW or CEU?

In the previous week, CES Energy Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Trican Well Service. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CES Energy Solutions and 0 mentions for Trican Well Service. CES Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Trican Well Service's score of 0.00 indicating that CES Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Trican Well Service	Neutral
CES Energy Solutions	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TCW or CEU?

Trican Well Service received 183 more outperform votes than CES Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.12% of users gave CES Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 52.30% of users gave Trican Well Service an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trican Well Service	Outperform Votes 569 52.30%	Underperform Votes 519 47.70%
CES Energy Solutions	Outperform Votes 386 64.12%	Underperform Votes 216 35.88%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TCW or CEU?

26.8% of Trican Well Service shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of CES Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Trican Well Service shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of CES Energy Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CES Energy Solutions beats Trican Well Service on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.