AKITA Drilling (AKT.A) Competitors

Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common (TSE:HAL) and AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Is HAL or AKT.A a better dividend stock?

Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.8%. AKITA Drilling pays out 73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer HAL or AKT.A?

In the previous week, AKITA Drilling had 5 more articles in the media than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AKITA Drilling and 0 mentions for Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat AKITA Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that AKITA Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	Neutral
AKITA Drilling	Positive

Do analysts recommend HAL or AKT.A?

AKITA Drilling has a consensus price target of C$3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 151.68%. Given Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
AKITA Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HAL or AKT.A?

Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common received 100 more outperform votes than AKITA Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.03% of users gave Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave AKITA Drilling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	Outperform Votes 188 81.03%	Underperform Votes 44 18.97%
AKITA Drilling	Outperform Votes 88 53.33%	Underperform Votes 77 46.67%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HAL or AKT.A?

AKITA Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AKITA Drilling	C$206.78M	0.27	C$11.52M	C$0.46	3.24

Is HAL or AKT.A more profitable?

AKITA Drilling has a net margin of 5.57% compared to AKITA Drilling's net margin of 0.00%. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's return on equity of 7.51% beat AKITA Drilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A
AKITA Drilling	5.57%	7.51%	1.49%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HAL or AKT.A?

21.5% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AKITA Drilling beats Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.