PD vs. ESI, PHX, TVK, EFR, BIR, CEU, PSI, KEL, CJ, and AAV
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Ensign Energy Services (ESI), PHX Energy Services (PHX), TerraVest Industries (TVK), Energy Fuels (EFR), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), Pason Systems (PSI), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) and Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.06% compared to Ensign Energy Services' net margin of 2.30%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 15.46% beat Ensign Energy Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Ensign Energy Services had 1 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ensign Energy Services and 0 mentions for Precision Drilling. Ensign Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Precision Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Ensign Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Ensign Energy Services. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensign Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.9, indicating that its share price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.1, indicating that its share price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling received 375 more outperform votes than Ensign Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 44.06% of users gave Ensign Energy Services an outperform vote.
62.6% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Precision Drilling pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ensign Energy Services pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Precision Drilling presently has a consensus price target of C$127.09, suggesting a potential upside of 30.18%. Ensign Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$3.88, suggesting a potential upside of 62.82%. Given Ensign Energy Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Ensign Energy Services on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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