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Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

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C$77.66 +1.22 (+1.60%)
As of 10/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PD vs. BB, DH, LSPD, DCBO, ABST, U, DV, AI, FSY, and S

Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include BlackBerry (BB), DH (DH), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Docebo (DCBO), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Forsys Metals (FSY), and Sherritt International (S). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Precision Drilling vs. Its Competitors

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

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Precision DrillingC$1.85B0.55C$244.64MC$7.1210.91
BlackBerryC$536.60M6.99-C$89.92MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 6 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.00 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Precision Drilling Positive
BlackBerry Neutral

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

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus target price of C$98.71, indicating a potential upside of 27.11%. BlackBerry has a consensus target price of C$4.75, indicating a potential downside of 25.20%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than BlackBerry.

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

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
Precision Drilling12.53% 14.96% 4.87%
BlackBerry -21.16%-17.21%-2.15%

19.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Precision Drilling beats BlackBerry on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PD vs. The Competition

MetricPrecision DrillingOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.02BC$291.00MC$7.76BC$9.75B
Dividend Yield5.87%14.45%10.84%6.52%
P/E Ratio10.913.7674.7629.93
Price / Sales0.550.401,473.0712.45
Price / Cash33.6529.0736.9283.29
Price / Book0.661.584.995.87
Net IncomeC$244.64MC$58.98MC$4.27BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.89%-0.85%-0.83%0.96%
1 Month Performance-3.50%3.92%2.68%7.14%
1 Year Performance-6.90%-5.73%18.74%43.01%

Precision Drilling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PD
Precision Drilling
3.1005 of 5 stars
C$77.66
+1.6%
C$98.71
+27.1%
-6.1%C$1.02BC$1.85B10.91950Analyst Forecast
BB
BlackBerry
0.7824 of 5 stars
C$6.48
-3.0%
C$4.75
-26.7%
+84.6%C$3.83BC$536.60M112.623,320Positive News
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
0.4802 of 5 stars
C$16.23
-2.6%
C$18.60
+14.6%
-25.9%C$2.20BC$1.12B-3.641,800
DCBO
Docebo
1.738 of 5 stars
C$38.17
-1.2%
C$62.33
+63.3%
-39.6%C$1.10BC$230.50M55.32730News Coverage
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
U
Uranium Participation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$768.65M-C$147.48M-4.437,700
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
N/AC$6.43
-3.3%
N/A+470.8%C$560.47MN/A-22.17800Gap Up
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
1.3033 of 5 stars
C$11.56
-0.8%
C$12.98
+12.3%
+2.1%C$550.57MC$58.78M11.12700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FSY
Forsys Metals
N/AC$0.52
+2.0%
N/A-24.6%C$109.55MN/A-52.0020,300
S
Sherritt International
2.455 of 5 stars
C$0.14
flat
C$0.25
+85.2%
-33.3%C$67.00MC$160.70M-1.131,200

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This page (TSE:PD) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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