AKITA Drilling (AKT.A) Competitors

Cathedral Energy Services (TSE:CET) and AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is CET or AKT.A more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cathedral Energy Services	3.71%	12.31%	8.07%
AKITA Drilling	2.60%	3.12%	-0.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CET or AKT.A?

Cathedral Energy Services received 138 more outperform votes than AKITA Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.76% of users gave Cathedral Energy Services an outperform vote while only 53.29% of users gave AKITA Drilling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cathedral Energy Services	Outperform Votes 227 66.76%	Underperform Votes 113 33.24%
AKITA Drilling	Outperform Votes 89 53.29%	Underperform Votes 78 46.71%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CET or AKT.A?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cathedral Energy Services	C$577.31M	0.00	C$21.42M	C$0.08	N/A
AKITA Drilling	C$186.77M	0.33	C$4.87M	C$0.11	14.73

Is CET or AKT.A a better dividend stock?

Cathedral Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share. AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.0%. 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. 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.

Does the media prefer CET or AKT.A?

In the previous week, Cathedral Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AKITA Drilling'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cathedral Energy Services	Neutral
AKITA Drilling	Neutral

Do analysts recommend CET or AKT.A?

Cathedral Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. AKITA Drilling has a consensus target price of C$3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 131.48%. Given AKITA Drilling's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Cathedral Energy Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cathedral Energy Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AKITA Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CET or AKT.A?

14.1% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Cathedral Energy Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of AKITA Drilling shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CET or AKT.A?

Cathedral Energy Services has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AKITA Drilling has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cathedral Energy Services beats AKITA Drilling on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.