Total Energy Services (TOT) Competitors

SunOpta (TSE:SOY) and Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate SOY or TOT?

Total Energy Services has a consensus target price of C$17.67, suggesting a potential upside of 54.97%. Given Total Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than SunOpta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunOpta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Total Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SOY or TOT?

86.2% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Total Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of SunOpta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Total Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SOY or TOT?

In the previous week, Total Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Total Energy Services and 2 mentions for SunOpta. Total Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat SunOpta's score of 0.29 indicating that Total Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SunOpta	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Total Energy Services	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SOY or TOT?

SunOpta has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Total Energy Services has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SOY or TOT?

Total Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Total 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
SunOpta	C$688.01M	1.90	-C$8.49M	-C$0.10	-112.10
Total Energy Services	C$863.79M	0.51	C$42.34M	C$1.05	10.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SOY or TOT?

Total Energy Services received 77 more outperform votes than SunOpta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Total Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SunOpta	Outperform Votes 192 69.31%	Underperform Votes 85 30.69%
Total Energy Services	Outperform Votes 269 56.16%	Underperform Votes 210 43.84%

Is SOY or TOT more profitable?

Total Energy Services has a net margin of 4.90% compared to SunOpta's net margin of -23.23%. Total Energy Services' return on equity of 7.83% beat SunOpta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunOpta	-23.23%	-2.92%	2.68%
Total Energy Services	4.90%	7.83%	5.48%

Summary

Total Energy Services beats SunOpta on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.