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Ensign Energy Services

ESVIF
22
Oil & Gas Drilling · Energy
Price
$2.59
-0.01 (-0.38%)
Market Cap
$477.5M
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 30, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+13.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 162.5M (2021) → 184.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Ensign Energy Services is a Canadian company that provides drilling and well servicing to oil and gas producers. It owns and operates drilling rigs and workover rigs that help energy companies extract oil and natural gas from the ground. It is one of the largest land-based drilling contractors in Canada and also operates internationally.

Ensign earns revenue by renting out its rigs and crews to exploration and production companies, typically under short- to medium-term contracts. It operates primarily in Canada, the United States, and select international markets including the Middle East and Latin America, with a market cap around $0.5 billion. The company's large fleet of modern rigs gives it scale, but margins are thin and highly sensitive to oil and gas prices, commodity cycles, and customer drilling budgets — making sustained profitability a key challenge going forward.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+49.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

27.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$15M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Ensign Energy Services is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
3.0%
Thin — 3.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-0.9%
Losing money on operations — -0.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-1.4%
Shrinking sales (-1.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
1.6%
Thin free cash flow (1.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.72
Moderate — manageable debt (0.72)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.30x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.3x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
6.41%
Healthy income — 6.41% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-25.9%
Dividend cut (-25.9% YoY) — warning sign

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