SizeEnsign Energy Services (ESI.TO) is a Canada Energy company (Contract Drilling) with a market value of $517M, the 336th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$3.93 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.9%, against -17.0% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — highest of 9 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.5%); the operating margin is 1.2% (peer median 14.5%).
Valuation It trades at 34.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.7× (most expensive of 7).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 41% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +29 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.6 points below its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
Relative performance
Six months, rebased to 100: Ensign Energy Services against the median of its 8 peers (local-currency closes).
Ensign Energy Services financials
Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ensign Energy Services is the large dot.
Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ensign Energy Services is the large dot.
Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Ensign Energy Services is the large dot.
Ensign Energy Services competitors and peer comparison
How Ensign Energy Services compares with its peers
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
Ensign Energy Services against its 8 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure
ESI.TO
Peer median
Rank in peer set
1-month return
+8.9%
-8.0%
2nd highest of 9
6-month return
+5.9%
-17.0%
highest of 9
Distance from 52-week high
-20.9%
-29.6%
4th highest of 9
Revenue growth (TTM)
-1.5%
+7.5%
2nd lowest of 9
Operating margin
1.2%
14.5%
lowest of 9
Forward P/E
34.7×
10.7×
most expensive of 7
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)
41.1%
4.0%
most demanding of 6
Growth delivered (Del g)
+11.8%
+14.5%
3rd lowest of 6
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)
+29.3 pp
-2.9 pp
most demanding of 6
ROIC minus cost of capital
-7.6 pp
-2.5 pp
lowest of 9
EV / EBITDA
4.5×
7.1×
3rd cheapest of 9
Net debt / EBITDA
2.5×
0.5×
2nd most indebted of 9
Peer table
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Which companies are Ensign Energy Services's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Sed Energy (ENH.OL), Ventura Offshore (VTURA.OL), PHX Energy Services (PHX.TO), Akastor (AKAST.OL), Major Drilling Group International (MDI.TO), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Precision Drilling (PD.TO).
Is Ensign Energy Services expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 34.7× against a peer median of 10.7×, most expensive of 7 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 41% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +29 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Ensign Energy Services stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +5.9% against -17.0% for the median peer; over one year +59.8%.