PD vs. VDY, BB, DH, LSPD, DCBO, ABST, U, AI, DV, and FSY
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), BlackBerry (BB), DH (DH), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Docebo (DCBO), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), and Forsys Metals (FSY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Precision Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) and Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) are both computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
16.6% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Precision Drilling presently has a consensus target price of C$95.14, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's net margin of 0.00%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 14.96% beat Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF had 1 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF and 0 mentions for Precision Drilling. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Precision Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.737601, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a beta of 0.76859, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:PD) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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