PDS vs. BORR, NBR, HPK, REX, ENVX, CSIQ, PUMP, SBR, SXC, and AMRC
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), HighPeak Energy (HPK), REX American Resources (REX), Enovix (ENVX), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), ProPetro (PUMP), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and Ameresco (AMRC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borr Drilling has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 38.06%. Borr Drilling has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.43%. Given Borr Drilling's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Borr Drilling is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Borr Drilling's net margin of 2.86%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 10.10% beat Borr Drilling's return on equity.
Precision Drilling received 595 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Borr Drilling. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Borr Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 15 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Precision Drilling and 3 mentions for Borr Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Borr Drilling's score of -0.09 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Borr Drilling on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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