Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK – Get Free Report) and Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Dividends
Mammoth Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.6%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Mammoth Energy Services pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Enerflex pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | $68.39 million | 2.00 | $4.60 million | $0.02 | 142.00 |
| Enerflex | $2.57 billion | 1.19 | $64.00 million | $0.43 | 58.24 |
Enerflex has higher revenue and earnings than Mammoth Energy Services. Enerflex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mammoth Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mammoth Energy Services and Enerflex, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Enerflex | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2.67 |
Enerflex has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.74%. Given Enerflex’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.
Profitability
This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Enerflex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 0.98% | -8.10% | -6.14% |
| Enerflex | 2.06% | 11.76% | 4.84% |
Volatility & Risk
Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enerflex beats Mammoth Energy Services on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Mammoth Energy Services
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. operates as an energy services company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Well Completion Services, Infrastructure Services, Natural Sand Proppant Services, and Drilling Services. The company offers pressure pumping and hydraulic fracturing, sand hauling, and water transfer services; and master services agreements. It also provides a range of services on electric transmission and distribution, and networks and substation facilities, including engineering, design, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage overhead and underground distribution systems; storm repair and restoration services; and commercial services comprising installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial wiring. In addition, the company mines, processes, and sells natural sand proppant used for hydraulic fracturing; buys processed sand from suppliers on the spot market for resale; and provides logistics solutions to facilitate delivery of frac sand products. Further, it offers contract land and directional drilling services; and rig moving services. Additionally, the company offers aviation services, equipment rental, remote accommodation, and equipment manufacturing services. It serves government-funded, private, public investor-owned, and co-operative utilities; independent oil and natural gas producers; and land-based drilling contractors. The company was formerly known as Mammoth Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. in October 2016. Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
About Enerflex
Enerflex Ltd. offers energy infrastructure and energy transition solutions to natural gas markets in North America, Latin America, and the Eastern Hemisphere. The company provides natural gas compression infrastructure, processing, and treated water infrastructure under contract to oil and natural gas customers; power generation rental solutions; custom and standard compression packages for reciprocating and screw compressor applications; re-engineering, re-configuration, and re-packaging of compressors for various field applications; integrated turnkey power generation, gas compression, processing facilities, natural gas compression, processing, and electric power solutions; after-market mechanical services and parts distribution, as well as maintenance solutions to the oil and natural gas industry, operations, and overhaul services; and equipment supply, parts supply, and general asset management. It also designs, engineers, manufactures, constructs, and installs modular natural gas processing equipment, low-carbon solutions, cryogenic systems, electric power solutions, and treated water solutions; and engages in the engineering, design, procurement, project management, and construction services for compression, process, treated water, and power generation equipment, as well as after-market service, parts, and operations and maintenance services for gas compression, processing, and treated water facilities in the region. The company was formerly known as Enerflex Systems Income Fund and changed its name to Enerflex Ltd. in January 2010. Enerflex Ltd. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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