Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

BlackBerry (TSE:BB) and Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) are both computer software companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Do analysts recommend BB or PD?

BlackBerry currently has a consensus target price of C$4.75, suggesting a potential downside of 28.89%. Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of C$95.14, suggesting a potential upside of 18.97%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than BlackBerry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackBerry	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Precision Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BB or PD?

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BlackBerry	C$536.60M	7.35	-C$89.92M	N/A	N/A
Precision Drilling	C$1.85B	0.57	C$244.64M	C$7.12	11.23

Is BB or PD more profitable?

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.53% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 14.96% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackBerry	-21.16%	-17.21%	-2.15%
Precision Drilling	12.53%	14.96%	4.87%

Which has more risk and volatility, BB or PD?

BlackBerry has a beta of 0.977399, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.595583, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BB or PD?

27.3% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BB or PD?

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 1 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Precision Drilling and 2 mentions for BlackBerry. BlackBerry's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Precision Drilling's score of 1.11 indicating that BlackBerry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackBerry	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Precision Drilling	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Precision Drilling beats BlackBerry on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.