Precision Drilling (PDS) Competitors $62.30 -1.33 (-2.09%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PDS vs. SSL, BSM, VRN, LBRT, CRGY, TALO, CLMT, HPK, XPRO, and WTTRShould you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Sasol (SSL), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Veren (VRN), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Talos Energy (TALO), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Expro Group (XPRO), and Select Water Solutions (WTTR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. Precision Drilling vs. Sasol Black Stone Minerals Veren Liberty Energy Crescent Energy Talos Energy Calumet Specialty Products Partners HighPeak Energy Expro Group Select Water Solutions Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Sasol (NYSE:SSL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking. Is PDS or SSL more profitable? Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.52% compared to Sasol's net margin of 0.00%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 10.06% beat Sasol's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Precision Drilling12.52% 10.06% 5.54% Sasol N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals and insiders believe in PDS or SSL? 48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDS or SSL? Precision Drilling received 243 more outperform votes than Sasol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.69% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPrecision DrillingOutperform Votes60565.69% Underperform Votes31634.31% SasolOutperform Votes36254.93% Underperform Votes29745.07% Do analysts recommend PDS or SSL? Precision Drilling presently has a consensus price target of $112.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.78%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Sasol.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Precision Drilling 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50Sasol 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk & volatility, PDS or SSL? Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sasol has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has better earnings and valuation, PDS or SSL? Precision Drilling has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sasol. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPrecision Drilling$1.44B0.61$214.27M$11.835.27Sasol$14.72B0.23-$2.37BN/AN/A Does the media favor PDS or SSL? In the previous week, Sasol had 3 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sasol and 1 mentions for Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Sasol's score of 0.28 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Precision Drilling Positive Sasol Neutral SummaryPrecision Drilling beats Sasol on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Porter & CompanyThis company will win the AI race Rome wasn’t built in a day… But there is another lesser-known type of keystone, one that plays an equally critical role in supporting the most revolutionary technology the world’s ever seen… artificial intelligence. And without it, the entire AI industry would collapse. You must read this new presentation from Porter Stansberry. Get Precision Drilling News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PDS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.Skip Chart PDS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPrecision DrillingDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$876.25M$1.08B$8.88B$19.83BDividend YieldN/A4.26%11.66%3.51%P/E Ratio5.272.6211.0935.39Price / Sales0.612.5178.1317.75Price / Cash2.376.939.9421.33Price / Book0.720.663.374.64Net Income$214.27M-$220.57M$957.26M$982.94M7 Day Performance-2.52%-1.19%4.68%-2.12%1 Month Performance3.04%-4.81%0.76%-0.39%1 Year Performance4.32%-9.40%427.54%23.34% Precision Drilling Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PDSPrecision Drilling4.2461 of 5 stars$62.30-2.1%$112.00+79.8%+8.6%$876.25M$1.44B5.275,560Short Interest ↓Positive NewsSSLSasol2.9457 of 5 stars$5.55-3.1%N/A-57.7%$3.60B$275.11B0.0028,141Short Interest ↑High Trading VolumeBSMBlack Stone Minerals3.6237 of 5 stars$15.00flatN/A-12.1%$3.38B$592.22M9.26110Analyst UpgradeVRNVeren4.2092 of 5 stars$5.21-1.3%N/AN/A$3.21B$2.59B3.72777Positive NewsLBRTLiberty Energy4.1031 of 5 stars$18.07+2.2%N/A-11.0%$2.95B$4.75B8.605,500News CoveragePositive NewsCRGYCrescent Energy4.3724 of 5 stars$14.03+3.1%N/A+25.0%$2.49B$2.71B22.63700Short Interest ↓TALOTalos Energy4.6153 of 5 stars$11.77-0.5%N/A-21.0%$2.12B$1.46B392.17440Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageCLMTCalumet Specialty Products Partners1.3144 of 5 stars$22.25+0.0%N/A+45.4%$1.91B$4.18B-8.061,580Earnings ReportInsider SellingAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeHPKHighPeak Energy2.0472 of 5 stars$13.98-1.8%N/A-10.4%$1.79B$1.14B11.0130Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑XPROExpro Group3.4081 of 5 stars$14.13-0.8%N/A-15.7%$1.66B$1.68B100.948,000Positive NewsWTTRSelect Water Solutions4.0922 of 5 stars$13.64-2.2%N/A+85.2%$1.62B$1.59B23.124,200Short Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SSL Competitors BSM Competitors VRN Competitors LBRT Competitors CRGY Competitors TALO Competitors CLMT Competitors HPK Competitors XPRO Competitors WTTR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:PDS) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBill Gates’s Next Big AI Bet: StargateIn February 2016… when almost nobody was talking about artificial intelligence…. 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