AKT.A vs. XDC, WRG, SDI, QI, PD, PHX, ESI, CET, JCO, and EPS
Should you be buying AKITA Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AKITA Drilling include Xtreme Drilling (XDC), Western Energy Services (WRG), Stampede Drilling (SDI), Q Investments (QI), Precision Drilling (PD), PHX Energy Services (PHX), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Jericho Energy Ventures (JCO), and Epsilon Energy (EPS).
AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) and Xtreme Drilling (TSE:XDC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, AKITA Drilling and AKITA Drilling both had 1 articles in the media. Xtreme Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat AKITA Drilling's score of 0.59 indicating that Xtreme Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AKITA Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Xtreme Drilling. Xtreme Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AKITA Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.5% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of AKITA Drilling shares are held 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.
Xtreme Drilling received 107 more outperform votes than AKITA Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.33% of users gave Xtreme Drilling an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave AKITA Drilling an outperform vote.
AKITA Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 165.96%.
AKITA Drilling has a net margin of 5.57% compared to Xtreme Drilling's net margin of 0.00%. AKITA Drilling's return on equity of 7.51% beat Xtreme Drilling's return on equity.
Summary
AKITA Drilling beats Xtreme Drilling on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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