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S&P 500   4,288.05
DOW   33,507.50
QQQ   358.27
Powerball jackpot rises to $1.04 billion after another drawing without a big winner
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Federal agency sues Chipotle after a Kansas manager allegedly ripped off an employee's hijab
Who is Arthur Engoron? Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Promoting tradition as well as beans, Ethiopian coffee shops find fans far from home
Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here's what you need to know
BREAKING: Tiny biotech successfully treats blindness (Ad)
Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance
A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
S&P 500   4,288.05
DOW   33,507.50
QQQ   358.27
Powerball jackpot rises to $1.04 billion after another drawing without a big winner
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Federal agency sues Chipotle after a Kansas manager allegedly ripped off an employee's hijab
Who is Arthur Engoron? Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Promoting tradition as well as beans, Ethiopian coffee shops find fans far from home
Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here's what you need to know
BREAKING: Tiny biotech successfully treats blindness (Ad)
Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance
A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
S&P 500   4,288.05
DOW   33,507.50
QQQ   358.27
Powerball jackpot rises to $1.04 billion after another drawing without a big winner
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Federal agency sues Chipotle after a Kansas manager allegedly ripped off an employee's hijab
Who is Arthur Engoron? Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Promoting tradition as well as beans, Ethiopian coffee shops find fans far from home
Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here's what you need to know
BREAKING: Tiny biotech successfully treats blindness (Ad)
Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance
A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
NYSE:PDS

Precision Drilling (PDS) Competitors

$67.12
-1.81 (-2.63%)
(As of 09/29/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$66.19
$69.33
50-Day Range
$58.05
$72.59
52-Week Range
$41.56
$87.36
Volume
77,766 shs
Average Volume
60,685 shs
Market Capitalization
$913.50 million
P/E Ratio
9.47
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$66.00

PDS vs. BORR, NBR, HPK, PTEN, SPH, CEPU, DRQ, AMPS, SBR, and NRP

Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), Central Puerto (CEPU), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Altus Power (AMPS), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), and Natural Resource Partners (NRP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Precision Drilling vs.

Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) are both small-cap oils/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.

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Borr Drilling. Borr Drilling 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 Ratio
Precision Drilling$1.24B0.73-$26.38M$7.099.47
Borr Drilling$443.80M2.44-$292.80M-$0.42-16.90

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 2 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Precision Drilling and 2 mentions for Borr Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Borr Drilling's score of 1.19 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Borr Drilling
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borr Drilling has a beta of 3.26, meaning that its share price is 226% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Borr Drilling's net margin of -13.44%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 12.05% beat Borr Drilling's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Precision Drilling8.15% 12.05% 5.43%
Borr Drilling -13.44%-8.33%-2.43%

39.2% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Borr Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are held 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.

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of $121.71, indicating a potential upside of 81.34%. Borr Drilling has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.76%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Borr Drilling.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Precision Drilling
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Borr Drilling
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Precision Drilling received 592 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 65.57% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Precision DrillingOutperform Votes
598
65.57%
Underperform Votes
314
34.43%
Borr DrillingOutperform Votes
6
75.00%
Underperform Votes
2
25.00%

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Borr Drilling on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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PDS vs. The Competition

MetricPrecision DrillingDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$913.37M$1.24B$7.29B$15.12B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%11.44%3.77%
P/E Ratio9.474.399.5519.94
Price / Sales0.733.0718.828.56
Price / Cash4.839.5210.7917.08
Price / Book0.961.099.446.54
Net Income-$26.38M-$390.13M$1.19B$901.03M
7 Day Performance0.01%1.84%-0.02%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-1.34%5.28%-2.15%-5.77%
1 Year Performance32.57%33.77%11.65%10.40%

Precision Drilling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BORR
Borr Drilling
1.7806 of 5 stars
$7.07
+1.6%
$9.00
+27.4%
+113.9%$1.08B$443.80M-16.822,504News Coverage
NBR
Nabors Industries
1.6097 of 5 stars
$121.15
-3.1%
$145.00
+19.7%
+21.4%$1.16B$2.67B-20.6412,000Analyst Revision
HPK
HighPeak Energy
2.826 of 5 stars
$17.01
-4.9%
$21.10
+24.0%
-22.1%$2.18B$755.69M8.4247Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
2.7468 of 5 stars
$14.34
-2.0%
$17.50
+22.0%
+18.5%$2.98B$2.65B8.966,500Insider Selling
News Coverage
SPH
Suburban Propane Partners
1.6697 of 5 stars
$14.60
-2.3%
$16.50
+13.0%
+6.6%$927.25M$1.50B10.503,174News Coverage
CEPU
Central Puerto
2.429 of 5 stars
$5.68
-3.6%
$8.00
+40.8%
+32.3%$859.95M$798.06M12.09885Short Interest ↑
DRQ
Dril-Quip
0.75 of 5 stars
$28.06
+2.1%
$26.00
-7.3%
+44.3%$958.81M$362.07M46.771,356Positive News
AMPS
Altus Power
2.0076 of 5 stars
$5.35
-1.8%
$10.67
+99.4%
-52.3%$856M$101.16M-38.2159Options Volume
News Coverage
SBR
Sabine Royalty Trust
2.2232 of 5 stars
$66.04
-0.5%
N/A-7.3%$962.86M$125.98M8.342,020Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NRP
Natural Resource Partners
2.506 of 5 stars
$77.54
+0.4%
N/A+78.2%$980.11M$388.96M6.072,020News Coverage
Positive News

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