AKITA Drilling (AKT.A) Competitors

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

Is AKT.A or HAL a better dividend stock?

AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.5%. 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 out 73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to AKT.A or HAL?

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. AKITA Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's score of 0.00 indicating that AKITA Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts recommend AKT.A or HAL?

AKITA Drilling currently has a consensus target price of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 148.34%. Given AKITA Drilling's higher probable upside, equities 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
AKITA Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AKT.A or HAL?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, AKT.A or HAL?

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
AKITA Drilling	C$206.78M	0.28	C$11.52M	C$0.46	3.28
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AKT.A or HAL more profitable?

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

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

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

21.5% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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