AKT.A vs. HAL
Should you be buying AKITA Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AKITA Drilling include Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) and Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common (TSE:HAL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common had 2 more articles in the media than AKITA Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common and 1 mentions for AKITA Drilling. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat AKITA Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
22.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AKITA Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.
AKITA Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$2.80, indicating a potential upside of 86.67%. Given AKITA Drilling's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common received 101 more outperform votes than AKITA Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.03% of users gave Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common an outperform vote while only 53.05% of users gave AKITA Drilling an outperform vote.
AKITA Drilling has a net margin of 8.17% compared to Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's net margin of 0.00%. AKITA Drilling's return on equity of 12.53% beat Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's return on equity.
AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.7%. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. AKITA Drilling pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
AKITA Drilling beats Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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