PDS vs. HP, HPK, BORR, NBR, ICD, AMNI, VAL, RIG, PTEN, and WHD
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), American Noble Gas (AMNI), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential downside of 34.78%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.67%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Precision Drilling and Precision Drilling both had 2 articles in the media. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Precision Drilling's score of 0.63 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Helmerich & Payne received 91 more outperform votes than Precision Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.58% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Precision Drilling's net margin of 12.00%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 13.21% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne beats Precision Drilling on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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