PDS vs. CHRD, PTEN, BTE, CNQ, CVE, HAL, NBR, OVV, PR, and VET
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Chord Energy (CHRD), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Baytex Energy (BTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Halliburton (HAL), Nabors Industries (NBR), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Precision Drilling vs. Its Competitors
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by company 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.
Chord Energy presently has a consensus target price of $148.92, suggesting a potential upside of 39.13%. Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.95%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Chord Energy.
Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of ($99.9990) per share and has a dividend yield of -175.8%. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% 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 pays out -2,105.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 5.67% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 9.02% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.
Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 22 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Chord Energy's score of 1.19 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Precision Drilling on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PDS) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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