Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL) versus Civeo (NYSE:CVEO) Financial Survey

Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL) and Civeo (NYSE:CVEO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Candlewood Hotel and Civeo”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Candlewood Hotel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Civeo	$682.12 million	0.42	-$17.07 million	($2.43)	-9.37

Candlewood Hotel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Civeo.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.4% of Civeo shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.9% of Candlewood Hotel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Civeo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Candlewood Hotel and Civeo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Candlewood Hotel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Civeo	-5.25%	-12.76%	-6.69%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Candlewood Hotel and Civeo, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Candlewood Hotel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Civeo	0	0	1	0	3.00

Civeo has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.63%. Given Civeo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Civeo is more favorable than Candlewood Hotel.

Summary

Civeo beats Candlewood Hotel on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Candlewood Hotel

Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. operates, franchises, owns, and manages business-travel hotels. It offers studios, one-bedroom suites, and accommodations to mid-market business and personal travelers. Each hotel is equipped with an exercise room, a complimentary guest laundry facility, a dry cleaning drop, free local calls and long distance calls, and self-service packaged foods and beverages; and a free First Night Kit’ complete with items, such as coffee and popcorn. In addition, studio and one-bedroom suite offers amenities, such as two telephones, with two incoming direct dial lines and computer connections; an executive desk with a quad-outlet to accommodate office equipment needs, an executive chair, a bulletin board, a guest chair, and personalized remote accessible telephone mail; a television, video cassette player, and compact disc player; an iron and ironing board; and a kitchen. In addition, it operates recreational facilities, such as swimming pool and fitness center; a kitchen in every suite; a complimentary cooked to order’ breakfast; and a hospitality area for breakfast and socializing. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.

About Civeo

Civeo Corporation provides hospitality services to the natural resource industry in Canada, Australia, and the United States. The company develops lodges and villages; and mobile assets, including modular, skid-mounted accommodation, and central facilities that provide short to medium-term accommodation needs. It offers food, housekeeping, and maintenance services, as well as laundry, facility management and maintenance, water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communication systems, security, and logistics services, and camp management services. In addition, the company provides development activities for workforce accommodation facilities, including site selection, permitting, engineering and design, manufacturing management, and site construction services, as well as lodging and catering services. It serves oil, mining, engineering, and oilfield and mining service companies. Civeo Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.