Ensign Energy Services (OTCMKTS:ESVIF – Get Free Report) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Ensign Energy Services and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ensign Energy Services | N/A | N/A | 3.11 |
| Ensign Energy Services Competitors | $3.15 billion | $26.09 million | 25.91 |
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
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ensign Energy Services | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Ensign Energy Services Competitors | 1685 | 7158 | 8756 | 473 | 2.44 |
As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies have a potential upside of 14.02%. 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.
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% | 6.15% | 1.47% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
52.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of shares of all “Energy Equipment & Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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 18.0%. 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 2.5% and pay out 55.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Ensign Energy Services competitors beat Ensign Energy Services on 10 of the 13 factors compared.
About Ensign Energy Services
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.
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