Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common (HAL) Competitors

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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

Does the media prefer AKT.A or HAL?

In the previous week, Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common had 1 more articles in the media than AKITA Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common and 1 mentions for AKITA Drilling. AKITA Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's score of 0.67 indicating that Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AKITA Drilling	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer AKT.A or HAL?

AKITA Drilling presently has a consensus target price of C$2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 87.92%. Given Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AKITA Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AKT.A or HAL more profitable?

AKITA Drilling has a net margin of 8.17% compared to AKITA Drilling's net margin of 0.00%. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's return on equity of 12.53% beat AKITA Drilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AKITA Drilling	8.17%	12.53%	3.25%
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AKT.A or HAL a better dividend stock?

AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.8%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AKT.A or HAL?

AKITA Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AKITA Drilling	C$225.48M	0.25	C$18.41M	C$0.71	2.10
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AKT.A or HAL?

22.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AKT.A or HAL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AKITA Drilling	Outperform Votes 87 53.05%	Underperform Votes 77 46.95%
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	Outperform Votes 188 81.03%	Underperform Votes 44 18.97%

Summary

AKITA Drilling beats Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.