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Precision Drilling (PDS) Competitors

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$62.50 +0.09 (+0.14%)
(As of 12:13 PM ET)

PDS vs. SSL, CRGY, BSM, VRN, LBRT, TALO, SOC, CLMT, HPK, and WTTR

Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Sasol (SSL), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Veren (VRN), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Talos Energy (TALO), Sable Offshore (SOC), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), HighPeak Energy (HPK), and Select Water Solutions (WTTR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Precision Drilling vs.

Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Sasol (NYSE:SSL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Precision Drilling has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sasol.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Precision Drilling$1.44B0.61$214.27M$11.835.28
Sasol$14.72B0.22-$2.37BN/AN/A

In the previous week, Sasol had 1 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sasol and 1 mentions for Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Sasol's score of 0.18 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sasol
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus target price of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.20%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Sasol.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Precision Drilling
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Sasol
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 10.06% beat Sasol's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Precision Drilling12.52% 10.06% 5.54%
Sasol N/A N/A N/A

Precision Drilling received 243 more outperform votes than Sasol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.69% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Precision DrillingOutperform Votes
605
65.69%
Underperform Votes
316
34.31%
SasolOutperform Votes
362
54.93%
Underperform Votes
297
45.07%

Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.

48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Sasol on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PDS vs. The Competition

MetricPrecision DrillingDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$879.38M$1.06B$8.20B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A4.14%11.26%3.44%
P/E Ratio5.282.4215.4236.62
Price / Sales0.612.44122.4419.07
Price / Cash2.416.9912.2318.69
Price / Book0.770.663.815.73
Net Income$214.27M-$225.86M$942.40M$983.96M
7 Day Performance1.46%-0.26%0.44%0.64%
1 Month Performance5.49%5.65%6.41%6.62%
1 Year Performance8.19%-6.87%6.98%24.56%

Precision Drilling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDS
Precision Drilling
4.0904 of 5 stars
$62.50
+0.1%
$112.00
+79.2%
+8.0%$879.38M$1.44B5.285,560
SSL
Sasol
3.6801 of 5 stars
$5.20
+3.8%
N/A-53.2%$3.37B$275.11B0.0028,141Gap Down
CRGY
Crescent Energy
3.7147 of 5 stars
$14.63
-1.6%
$16.30
+11.4%
+28.6%$3.34B$2.71B23.47700Positive News
BSM
Black Stone Minerals
2.2874 of 5 stars
$15.52
flat
$17.00
+9.5%
-10.5%$3.27B$592.22M9.58110Analyst Upgrade
VRN
Veren
4.3493 of 5 stars
$5.21
-1.7%
$12.67
+143.1%
N/A$3.21B$2.59B3.79777Positive News
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.892 of 5 stars
$18.64
+1.3%
$22.89
+22.8%
-6.4%$3.05B$4.75B8.765,500Positive News
TALO
Talos Energy
4.6446 of 5 stars
$11.10
-1.3%
$17.06
+53.7%
-19.8%$2.00B$1.46B20.52440Positive News
SOC
Sable Offshore
1.7867 of 5 stars
$21.73
-7.5%
$25.00
+15.0%
N/A$1.94BN/A0.002
CLMT
Calumet Specialty Products Partners
0.7522 of 5 stars
$21.90
-2.8%
$23.75
+8.4%
+27.7%$1.88B$4.18B-8.171,580Short Interest ↓
HPK
HighPeak Energy
3.1035 of 5 stars
$14.79
-1.6%
$14.00
-5.3%
-3.6%$1.87B$1.14B11.8730Positive News
WTTR
Select Water Solutions
4.1668 of 5 stars
$14.94
+1.2%
$13.75
-8.0%
+102.4%$1.78B$1.59B25.034,200Positive News

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