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Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

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C$68.14 -0.46 (-0.67%)
As of 07/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PD vs. VDY, DH, BB, LSPD, DV, ABST, DCBO, U, AI, 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), DH (DH), BlackBerry (BB), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Absolute Software (ABST), Docebo (DCBO), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

65.3% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Precision DrillingC$1.95B0.50C$244.64MC$16.994.01
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETFN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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
Precision Drilling12.53% 14.96% 4.87%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF N/A N/A N/A

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus target price of C$93.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.48%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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
Precision Drilling
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
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 pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Precision Drilling pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 17 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 17 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 beat Precision Drilling's score of -0.52 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 10 of the 13 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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PD vs. The Competition

MetricPrecision DrillingOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$969.64MC$284.72MC$7.64BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield5.87%14.24%10.91%6.72%
P/E Ratio4.015.6961.4550.85
Price / Sales0.500.4321,883.771,194.54
Price / Cash33.6529.0736.2483.29
Price / Book0.581.593.344.69
Net IncomeC$244.64MC$58.98MC$4.21BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.24%0.73%1.85%2.29%
1 Month Performance4.05%7.66%4.39%4.22%
1 Year Performance-27.50%28.67%103.20%26.95%

Precision Drilling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PD
Precision Drilling
4.0694 of 5 stars
C$68.14
-0.7%
C$93.00
+36.5%
-27.5%C$969.64MC$1.95B4.01950News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$51.55
-0.2%
N/A+20.3%C$3.55BN/A0.00790
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
BB
BlackBerry
0.9557 of 5 stars
C$5.93
+1.9%
C$4.75
-19.9%
+70.9%C$2.45BC$424.99M-19.103,320
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
1.1791 of 5 stars
C$15.10
+1.1%
C$18.30
+21.2%
-14.6%C$1.64BC$740.40M-13.421,800News Coverage
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
0.3677 of 5 stars
C$4.65
+4.5%
C$1.60
-65.6%
+318.8%C$1.43BN/A-59.66800
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
DCBO
Docebo
1.1159 of 5 stars
C$36.74
+2.0%
C$60.67
+65.1%
-23.7%C$785.08MC$147.27M43.67730
U
Uranium Participation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$768.65M-C$147.48M-4.437,700
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
1.1442 of 5 stars
C$11.49
-0.3%
C$12.78
+11.2%
+3.7%C$544.95MC$78.44M10.91700
FSY
Forsys Metals
N/AC$0.67
+6.3%
N/A-13.2%C$134.21MN/A-29.7320,300High Trading Volume

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