Head to Head Survey: Essential Energy Services (EEYUF) and Its Rivals

Essential Energy Services (OTCMKTS:EEYUF) is one of 97 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil & Gas Equipment & Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Essential Energy Services to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essential Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Essential Energy Services Competitors	-0.59%	-4.12%	2.85%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Essential Energy Services and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essential Energy Services	0	0	0	0	N/A
Essential Energy Services Competitors	231	1263	1739	128	2.52

Essential Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of $0.45, suggesting a potential upside of 71.46%. As a group, “Oil & Gas Equipment & Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.11%. Given Essential Energy Services’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Essential Energy Services is more favorable than its rivals.

Dividends

Essential Energy Services pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 45.7%. Essential Energy Services pays out 57.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil & Gas Equipment & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.6% and pay out 90.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Energy Services is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.4% of Essential Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Oil & Gas Equipment & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of shares of all “Oil & Gas Equipment & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Essential Energy Services and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Essential Energy Services	N/A	N/A	1.26
Essential Energy Services Competitors	$896.63 million	$9.87 million	92.74

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

Summary

Essential Energy Services beats its rivals on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

Essential Energy Services Company Profile

Essential Energy Services Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides oilfield services to oil and gas exploration and production companies. The company operates in two segments, Essential Coil Well Service (ECWS) and Tryton. The ECWS segment offers completion, production, and workover services with its fleet of coil tubing rigs, and fluid and nitrogen pumpers, as well as ancillary equipment. As of December 31, 2022, its fleet included 19 coil tubing rigs, 11 fluid pumpers, and five nitrogen pumpers. The Tryton segment provides a range of downhole tool and rental services for completion, production, and wellsite restoration of oil and natural gas wells, including conventional tools, ball and seat, and composite/dissolvable bridge plugs. Essential Energy Services Ltd. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.