Precision Drilling (PDS) Competitors $43.15 +0.14 (+0.33%) Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$43.17 +0.02 (+0.05%) As of 05/2/2025 05:46 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PDS vs. VAL, SSL, CRGY, RIG, LBRT, SOC, MNR, BKV, ARIS, and DMLPShould you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Valaris (VAL), Sasol (SSL), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Transocean (RIG), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Sable Offshore (SOC), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), BKV (BKV), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), and Dorchester Minerals (DMLP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. Precision Drilling vs. Valaris Sasol Crescent Energy Transocean Liberty Energy Sable Offshore Mach Natural Resources BKV Aris Water Solutions Dorchester Minerals Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership. Do analysts recommend VAL or PDS? Valaris presently has a consensus price target of $48.83, indicating a potential upside of 35.95%. Precision Drilling has a consensus price target of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 159.56%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Valaris.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Valaris 1 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.86Precision Drilling 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Does the media prefer VAL or PDS? In the previous week, Valaris had 3 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Valaris and 12 mentions for Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Valaris' score of 0.21 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Valaris 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Precision Drilling 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VAL or PDS? 96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VAL or PDS? Valaris has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Drilling. Valaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioValaris$2.36B1.08$865.40M$5.146.99Precision Drilling$1.87B0.31$81.15M$5.038.58 Which has more risk and volatility, VAL or PDS? Valaris has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VAL or PDS? Precision Drilling received 590 more outperform votes than Valaris when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 32.14% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformValarisOutperform Votes1832.14% Underperform Votes3867.86% Precision DrillingOutperform Votes60865.52% Underperform Votes32034.48% Is VAL or PDS a better dividend stock? Valaris pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -231.7%. Valaris pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Precision Drilling pays out -1,988.1% 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. Is VAL or PDS more profitable? Valaris has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Precision Drilling's net margin of 5.87%. Valaris' return on equity of 17.40% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Valaris15.81% 17.40% 8.52% Precision Drilling 5.87%6.72%3.78% SummaryValaris and Precision Drilling tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Precision Drilling News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PDS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PDS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPrecision DrillingDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$583.79M$726.32M$7.13B$19.21BDividend YieldN/A6.27%10.67%4.01%P/E Ratio8.024.6848.7533.50Price / Sales0.312.7123,806.9729.16Price / Cash2.473.2835.7917.52Price / Book0.480.543.474.55Net Income$81.15M-$266.07M$4.33B$1.02B7 Day Performance0.21%-0.98%1.95%2.30%1 Month Performance9.04%36.34%7.37%8.54%1 Year Performance-39.33%-21.11%0.01%4.75% Precision Drilling Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PDSPrecision Drilling3.3446 of 5 stars$43.15+0.3%$112.00+159.6%-39.3%$583.79M$1.87B8.023,350Short Interest ↑VALValaris3.1576 of 5 stars$32.61-1.1%$50.33+54.3%-47.4%$2.32B$2.36B6.345,450Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsSSLSasol3.2764 of 5 stars$3.54-0.6%N/A-49.6%$2.30B$262.30B1.5628,600Analyst DowngradeGap UpCRGYCrescent Energy4.8046 of 5 stars$8.69-0.3%$16.80+93.3%-18.6%$2.25B$2.93B14.02700Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsRIGTransocean4.685 of 5 stars$2.28-2.1%$4.59+101.3%-57.5%$2.01B$3.52B-3.125,340Earnings ReportLBRTLiberty Energy4.7736 of 5 stars$12.28+0.9%$18.05+47.0%-43.4%$1.99B$4.22B6.574,580Positive NewsGap UpSOCSable Offshore2.2879 of 5 stars$20.29+2.4%$27.50+35.5%+90.1%$1.81BN/A0.002Short Interest ↑Positive NewsMNRMach Natural Resources4.9586 of 5 stars$13.98-0.4%$24.00+71.7%N/A$1.65B$969.63M7.36N/AUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsBKVBKV1.9135 of 5 stars$18.49+0.4%$27.75+50.1%N/A$1.57B$604.53M0.00356Upcoming EarningsNews CoverageARISAris Water Solutions2.0331 of 5 stars$26.26+2.6%$27.00+2.8%+80.8%$1.54B$435.44M32.83150Upcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeNews CoveragePositive NewsDMLPDorchester Minerals2.5118 of 5 stars$29.29-0.2%N/A-3.4%$1.39B$161.52M13.8230Upcoming EarningsInsider TradeNews CoveragePositive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VAL Competitors SSL Competitors CRGY Competitors RIG Competitors LBRT Competitors SOC Competitors MNR Competitors BKV Competitors ARIS Competitors DMLP Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PDS) was last updated on 5/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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