Total Energy Services (TOT) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TOT or SOY?

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
Total Energy Services	C$863.79M	0.53	C$42.34M	C$1.05	11.24
SunOpta	C$688.01M	1.85	-C$8.49M	-C$0.10	-109.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TOT or SOY?

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

Do analysts prefer TOT or SOY?

Total Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.31%. Given Total Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Total Energy Services is more favorable than SunOpta.

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TOT or SOY?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TOT or SOY?

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 56.28% of users gave Total Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Total Energy Services	Outperform Votes 269 56.28%	Underperform Votes 209 43.72%
SunOpta	Outperform Votes 192 69.31%	Underperform Votes 85 30.69%

Is TOT or SOY 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
Total Energy Services	4.90%	7.83%	5.48%
SunOpta	-23.23%	-2.92%	2.68%

Does the media refer more to TOT or SOY?

In the previous week, Total Energy Services had 4 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Total Energy Services and 1 mentions for SunOpta. Total Energy Services' average media sentiment score of -0.07 beat SunOpta's score of -1.00 indicating that Total Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Total Energy Services	Neutral
SunOpta	Negative

Summary

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