Trican Well Service (OTCMKTS:TOLWF) & CES Energy Solutions (OTCMKTS:CESDF) Head-To-Head Survey

CES Energy Solutions (OTCMKTS:CESDF) and Trican Well Service (OTCMKTS:TOLWF) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares CES Energy Solutions and Trican Well Service’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CES Energy Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trican Well Service	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CES Energy Solutions and Trican Well Service, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CES Energy Solutions	0	0	4	1	3.20
Trican Well Service	0	0	1	0	3.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.9% of CES Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Trican Well Service shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CES Energy Solutions and Trican Well Service”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CES Energy Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.29	36.35
Trican Well Service	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.21)	-23.72

Trican Well Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CES Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

CES Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Trican Well Service pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CES Energy Solutions pays out 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Trican Well Service pays out -145.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trican Well Service is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

CES Energy Solutions beats Trican Well Service on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CES Energy Solutions

CES Energy Solutions Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in design, implement, and manufacture of advanced consumable fluids and specialty chemicals in the United States and Canada. The company provides solutions for drill-bit, point of completion and stimulation, wellhead and pump-jack, and pipeline and midstream markets. Its solutions include corrosion inhibitors, demulsifiers, H2S scavengers, paraffin control products, surfactants, scale inhibitors, biocides, and other specialty products. The company also designs and implements drilling fluid systems and completion solutions for oil and natural gas producers; designs and manufactures production and specialty chemicals for use in the oil and natural gas production and industrial markets; designs, blends, and sells specialty drilling fluids; designs, blends, and sells simulation and production chemicals for oil and gas producers; and operates trucks and trailers to transport drilling fluids to operators in the oil and gas industry. In addition, it provides environmental consulting, water management and transfer services, and drilling fluids waste disposal services; and laboratory services. The company was formerly known as Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp. and changed its name to CES Energy Solutions Corp. in June 2017. CES Energy Solutions Corp. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Trican Well Service

Trican Well Service Ltd., an equipment services company, provides various specialized products, equipment, services, and technology for use in the drilling, completion, stimulation, and reworking of oil and gas wells primarily in Canada. The company offers cementing solutions, including pre-flushes and spacers, cement plugs, lost circulation, cement design, and laboratory solutions, as well as surface, intermediate, production, liner, horizontal, and remedial/squeeze cementing services. It also provides hydraulic fracturing solutions, such as friction reducers, crosslinked gels, energized foam systems, visco-elastic systems, and high-rate nitrogen for coal bed methane fracturing and gelled hydrocarbons, as well as dissolvable ball sealers and diverting agents; and coiled tubing solutions comprising milling services, including fracturing plugs and ports, stage tool/debris subs, cement milling, and confirmation runs; coiled tubing fracturing; e-coil; in-house engineering; and acidizing and production enhancement services. In addition, the company offers fracture acidizing and production enhancement services that include restore well performance blockages from inorganic scales, emulsions, drilling mud, formation fines, clays, and organic deposits; nitrogen services; and engineering support, reservoir expertise, and laboratory services, as well as engages in the chemical sales. Trican Well Service Ltd. was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.