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