Total Energy Services (TOT) Competitors

Morguard (TSE:MRC) and Total Energy Services (TSE:TOT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MRC or TOT?

Total Energy Services received 119 more outperform votes than Morguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave Morguard an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Total Energy Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morguard	Outperform Votes 150 69.12%	Underperform Votes 67 30.88%
Total Energy Services	Outperform Votes 269 56.16%	Underperform Votes 210 43.84%

Which has more volatility and risk, MRC or TOT?

Morguard has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Total Energy Services has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MRC or TOT?

In the previous week, Morguard and Morguard both had 2 articles in the media. Total Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Morguard's score of 0.00 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
Morguard	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Total Energy Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is MRC or TOT a better dividend stock?

Morguard pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Total Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Morguard pays out 3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Total Energy Services pays out 32.2% 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 preferable earnings & valuation, MRC or TOT?

Morguard has higher revenue and earnings than Total Energy Services. Morguard 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
Morguard	C$1.13B	1.11	C$196.68M	C$18.34	6.39
Total Energy Services	C$846.24M	0.40	C$41.49M	C$1.12	8.12

Is MRC or TOT more profitable?

Morguard has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Total Energy Services' net margin of 4.90%. Total Energy Services' return on equity of 7.84% beat Morguard's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morguard	17.41%	4.90%	2.96%
Total Energy Services	4.90%	7.84%	5.48%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MRC or TOT?

3.4% of Morguard shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Total Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.0% of Morguard shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Total Energy Services shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Morguard and Total Energy Services tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.