Precision Drilling (PDS) Competitors

Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PDS or CRGY?

Precision Drilling has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Precision Drilling	$1.87B	0.31	$81.15M	$5.03	8.40
Crescent Energy	$3.22B	0.68	$67.61M	-$0.45	-19.01

Does the media refer more to PDS or CRGY?

In the previous week, Crescent Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crescent Energy and 7 mentions for Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Crescent Energy's score of 1.60 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Precision Drilling	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Crescent Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, PDS or CRGY?

Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PDS or CRGY a better dividend stock?

Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -236.7%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Precision Drilling pays out -1,988.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Energy pays out -106.7% 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. Crescent Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is PDS or CRGY more profitable?

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 2.17%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 12.53% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Precision Drilling	5.87%	6.72%	3.78%
Crescent Energy	2.17%	12.53%	3.61%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PDS or CRGY?

48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PDS or CRGY?

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 165.15%. Crescent Energy has a consensus price target of $16.30, indicating a potential upside of 90.53%. Given Precision Drilling's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Crescent Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Precision Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Crescent Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PDS or CRGY?

Precision Drilling received 570 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Precision Drilling	Outperform Votes 608 65.52%	Underperform Votes 320 34.48%
Crescent Energy	Outperform Votes 38 59.38%	Underperform Votes 26 40.63%

Summary

Crescent Energy beats Precision Drilling on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.