Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) and Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VDY or PD?

Precision Drilling received 640 more outperform votes than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF an outperform vote while only 67.32% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Precision Drilling	Outperform Votes 651 67.32%	Underperform Votes 316 32.68%

Is VDY or PD more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
Precision Drilling	12.53%	14.96%	4.87%

Does the media favor VDY or PD?

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 2 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Precision Drilling'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Neutral
Precision Drilling	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VDY or PD?

65.3% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are owned 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.

Is VDY or PD a better dividend stock?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Precision Drilling pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VDY or PD?

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Precision Drilling	C$1.95B	0.43	C$244.64M	C$16.99	3.48

Do analysts prefer VDY or PD?

Precision Drilling has a consensus price target of C$98.33, indicating a potential upside of 66.30%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Precision Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.