Head to Head Analysis: Ensign Energy Services (ESVIF) versus Its Competitors

Ensign Energy Services (OTCMKTS:ESVIF) is one of 178 public companies in the “Energy Equipment & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Ensign Energy Services to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Ensign Energy Services and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ensign Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ensign Energy Services Competitors	-11.47%	6.17%	1.47%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ensign Energy Services and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ensign Energy Services	N/A	N/A	2.95
Ensign Energy Services Competitors	$3.15 billion	$26.09 million	26.13

Ensign Energy Services’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Ensign Energy Services. Ensign Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Ensign Energy Services and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ensign Energy Services	0	3	0	0	2.00
Ensign Energy Services Competitors	1692	7168	8762	473	2.44

As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies have a potential upside of 20.22%. Given Ensign Energy Services’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ensign Energy Services has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. Ensign Energy Services pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.7% and pay out 57.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Ensign Energy Services is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Ensign Energy Services competitors beat Ensign Energy Services on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Ensign Energy Services Company Profile

Ensign Energy Services Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides oilfield services to the crude oil and natural gas industries in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company offers shallow, intermediate, and deep well drilling, as well as specialized drilling services, including horizontal, underbalanced, horizontal re-entry, and slant drilling for steam assisted gravity drainage applications; and equipment and services. It provides coring and oil sands drilling services to the mining, and oil and natural gas industries; directional drilling services; equipment rental services; shallow to deep well services, such as completions, abandonments, production workovers, and bottom hole pump changes for oil and natural gas producers; and interactive pressure drilling services with self-contained systems comprising nitrogen generation and compression equipment, and surface control systems. In addition, the company rents drill strings, loaders, tanks, pumps, rig mattings, blow-out preventers, waste bins, and wastewater treatment equipment for the drilling and completions segments of the oilfield industry. Further, it offers transportation and well servicing services. The company operates land drilling rigs, specialty coring rigs, and well servicing rigs. Ensign Energy Services Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.