Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS – Get Free Report) and Enservco (NYSE:ENSV – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Risk & Volatility
Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enservco has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Aris Water Solutions and Enservco, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Aris Water Solutions | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Enservco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.6% of Enservco shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Enservco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Aris Water Solutions and Enservco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Aris Water Solutions | 6.29% | 3.74% | 1.93% |
| Enservco | -23.85% | -453.47% | -38.48% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Aris Water Solutions and Enservco”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Aris Water Solutions | $435.44 million | 2.79 | $18.89 million | $0.80 | 25.97 |
| Enservco | $22.97 million | 0.05 | -$8.52 million | ($0.17) | -0.11 |
Aris Water Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Enservco. Enservco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aris Water Solutions beats Enservco on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Aris Water Solutions
Aris Water Solutions, Inc., an environmental infrastructure and solutions company, provides water handling and recycling solutions. The company's produced water handling business gathers, transports, unless recycled, and handles produced water generated from oil and natural gas production. Its water solutions business develops and operates recycling facilities to treat, store, and recycle produced water. Aris Water Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Enservco
Enservco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides hot oiling and acidizing, and frac water heating services to the onshore oil and natural gas industry. It also water hauling and well site construction services. The company owns and operates specialized trucks, trailers, frac tanks, and other well-site related equipment. It operates in the DJ Basin/Niobrara area in Colorado and Wyoming; the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico; the Marcellus and Utica Shale areas in Pennsylvania and Ohio; the Jonah area, Green River and Powder River Basins in Wyoming; and the Eagle Ford Shale and East Texas Oilfield in Texas. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.
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