PD vs. PHX, ESI, CET, XDC, WRG, AKT.A, SDI, QI, ERF, and POU
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include PHX Energy Services (PHX), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Xtreme Drilling (XDC), Western Energy Services (WRG), AKITA Drilling (AKT.A), Stampede Drilling (SDI), Q Investments (QI), Enerplus (ERF), and Paramount Resources (POU).
Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) and PHX Energy Services (TSE:PHX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, PHX Energy Services had 5 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PHX Energy Services and 1 mentions for Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat PHX Energy Services' score of 0.73 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.9, suggesting that its share price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Energy Services has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$127.09, suggesting a potential upside of 26.62%. PHX Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.32%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than PHX Energy Services.
Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. PHX Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Precision Drilling pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PHX Energy Services pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Precision Drilling received 396 more outperform votes than PHX Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave PHX Energy Services an outperform vote.
PHX Energy Services has a net margin of 14.26% compared to Precision Drilling's net margin of 12.06%. PHX Energy Services' return on equity of 45.23% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than PHX Energy Services. PHX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.8% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of PHX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of PHX Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats PHX Energy Services on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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