AKT.A vs. PHX, CET, XDC, WRG, SDI, QI, PD, ESI, URE, and PXX
Should you be buying AKITA Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AKITA Drilling include PHX Energy Services (PHX), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Xtreme Drilling (XDC), Western Energy Services (WRG), Stampede Drilling (SDI), Q Investments (QI), Precision Drilling (PD), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), Ur-Energy (URE), and BlackPearl Resources (PXX). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AKITA Drilling vs. Its Competitors
PHX Energy Services (TSE:PHX) and AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.
PHX Energy Services has a net margin of 11.40% compared to AKITA Drilling's net margin of 2.60%. PHX Energy Services' return on equity of 34.01% beat AKITA Drilling's return on equity.
In the previous week, PHX Energy Services had 3 more articles in the media than AKITA Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PHX Energy Services and 0 mentions for AKITA Drilling. PHX Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat AKITA Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that PHX Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PHX Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$11.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.23%. AKITA Drilling has a consensus target price of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 70.45%. Given AKITA Drilling's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than PHX Energy Services.
PHX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than AKITA Drilling. PHX 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.
PHX Energy Services has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% 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.
20.3% of PHX Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of PHX Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PHX Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. PHX Energy Services pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
PHX Energy Services beats AKITA Drilling on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:AKT.A) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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