PDS vs. RIG, CRGY, SOC, LBRT, BKV, SDRL, MNR, TALO, KRP, and ARIS
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Transocean (RIG), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Sable Offshore (SOC), Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), Seadrill (SDRL), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), and Aris Water Solutions (ARIS). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Precision Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 6.72% beat Transocean's return on equity.
Transocean has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Transocean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Transocean pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.1%. Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -196.0%. Transocean pays out -63.2% 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.
Transocean received 316 more outperform votes than Precision Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Transocean had 15 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Transocean and 0 mentions for Precision Drilling. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Precision Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Transocean is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Transocean currently has a consensus target price of $4.58, suggesting a potential upside of 38.16%. Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 119.57%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Transocean.
Summary
Transocean and Precision Drilling tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PDS) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
