AKT.A vs. CET, XDC, WRG, SDI, QI, PD, ESI, PHX, STEP, and LOU
Should you be buying AKITA Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AKITA Drilling include Cathedral Energy Services (CET), Xtreme Drilling (XDC), Western Energy Services (WRG), Stampede Drilling (SDI), Q Investments (QI), Precision Drilling (PD), Ensign Energy Services (ESI), PHX Energy Services (PHX), STEP Energy Services (STEP), and Lucero Energy (LOU). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
AKITA Drilling vs. Its Competitors
AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) and Cathedral Energy Services (TSE:CET) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
In the previous week, AKITA Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cathedral Energy Services'average media sentiment score.
Cathedral Energy Services has a net margin of 3.71% compared to AKITA Drilling's net margin of 2.60%. Cathedral Energy Services' return on equity of 12.31% beat AKITA Drilling's return on equity.
21.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are owned by 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.
Cathedral Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than AKITA Drilling. Cathedral Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AKITA Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AKITA Drilling has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. Cathedral Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share. AKITA Drilling pays out 309.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cathedral Energy Services pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Cathedral Energy Services beats AKITA Drilling on 8 of the 12 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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This page (TSE:AKT.A) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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