PDS vs. CHRD, PTEN, BTE, CNQ, CVE, HAL, NBR, OVV, PR, and VET
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Chord Energy (CHRD), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Baytex Energy (BTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Halliburton (HAL), Nabors Industries (NBR), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Precision Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -197.9%. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% 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. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Chord Energy currently has a consensus target price of $150.69, indicating a potential upside of 44.40%. Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 121.62%. Given Precision Drilling's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Chord Energy.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Chord Energy and 14 mentions for Precision Drilling. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Precision Drilling's score of -0.35 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chord Energy has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Precision Drilling's net margin of 5.84%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 10.34% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.
Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Drilling. Chord 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.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Precision Drilling on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PDS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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