AKT.A vs. CET, XDC, WRG, SDI, QI, PD, ESI, PHX, PXX, and CFW
Should you be buying AKITA Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AKITA Drilling include Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Xtreme Drilling (XDC), Western Energy Services (WRG), Stampede Drilling (SDI), Q Investments (QI), Precision Drilling (PD), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), PHX Energy Services (PHX), BlackPearl Resources (PXX), and Calfrac Well Services (CFW). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AKITA Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Cathedral Energy Services (TSE:CET) and AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Cathedral Energy Services has a net margin of 3.71% compared to AKITA Drilling's net margin of 2.60%. Cathedral Energy Services' return on equity of 12.31% beat AKITA Drilling's return on equity.
Cathedral Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than AKITA Drilling. Cathedral Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AKITA Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Cathedral Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AKITA Drilling'saverage media sentiment score.
Cathedral Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share. AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Cathedral Energy Services pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AKITA Drilling pays out 309.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Cathedral Energy Services presently has a consensus target price of C$1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. AKITA Drilling has a consensus target price of C$3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 58.23%. Given AKITA Drilling's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Cathedral Energy Services.
Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AKITA Drilling has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cathedral Energy Services beats AKITA Drilling on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:AKT.A) was last updated on 6/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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