Comparing TerraVest Industries (TRRVF) & Its Competitors

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.5% of TerraVest Industries 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TerraVest Industries and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TerraVest Industries	N/A	N/A	170.33
TerraVest Industries Competitors	$3.17 billion	$26.09 million	27.23

TerraVest Industries’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than TerraVest Industries. TerraVest Industries is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

TerraVest Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. TerraVest Industries pays out 87.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Energy Equipment & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.5% and pay out 59.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. TerraVest Industries lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares TerraVest Industries and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TerraVest Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A
TerraVest Industries Competitors	-11.50%	6.13%	1.47%

Summary

TerraVest Industries peers beat TerraVest Industries on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

TerraVest Industries Company Profile

TerraVest Industries Inc. manufactures and sells goods and services to energy, agriculture, mining, transportation, and other markets in Canada and the United States. It operates through four segments: Home Heating and Cooling Products (HVAC Equipment); Compressed Gas Storage and Distribution Equipment (Compressed Gas Equipment); Energy Processing Equipment (Processing Equipment); and Service. The HVAC Equipment segment manufactures and distributes commercial and residential refined fuel tanks, furnaces, boilers, and air conditioning equipment and controls to fuel distributors, commercial and residential consumers. The Compressed Gas Equipment segment manufactures and sells engineered products for the storage, distribution and dispensing of compressed gases including liquid propane gas, natural gas liquids, liquified natural gas, anhydrous ammonia, carbon dioxide, and various gases; and bulk storage vessels, transport trailers, delivery units, dispensers, commercial and residential storage tanks, and other custom vessels. This segment sells its products to gas distributors, fertilizer distributors, farmers, midstream energy companies, and transportation companies. The Processing Equipment segment manufactures and sells a range of equipment, such as wellhead processing equipment and tanks, desanding units, biogas production equipment, water treatment equipment, and various custom process equipment. This segment offers its products to oil and gas producers, midstream and engineering companies, utilities, and municipalities. The Service segment provides water management, environmental, heating, rentals, and well services. The company was formerly known as TerraVest Capital Inc. and changed its name to TerraVest Industries Inc. in February 2018. TerraVest Industries Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Vegreville, Canada.