Precision Drilling (PDS) Competitors

Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

Is PDS or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -172.3%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Precision Drilling pays out -2,105.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy has raised 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PDS or CHRD?

48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PDS or CHRD more profitable?

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 5.67% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 9.02% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Precision Drilling	5.67%	6.21%	3.62%
Chord Energy	5.02%	9.02%	5.97%

Do analysts rate PDS or CHRD?

Precision Drilling presently has a consensus price target of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.89%. Chord Energy has a consensus price target of $149.42, suggesting a potential upside of 43.22%. Given Precision Drilling's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Chord Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Precision Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has more volatility and risk, PDS or CHRD?

Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PDS or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, 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	$1.85B	0.41	$81.15M	$4.75	12.22
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.14	$848.63M	$3.93	26.55

Does the media prefer PDS or CHRD?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Chord Energy and 9 mentions for Precision Drilling. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Precision Drilling's score of 0.53 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Precision Drilling	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chord Energy	14 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chord Energy beats Precision Drilling on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.