AKITA Drilling (AKT.A) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AKT.A or CET?

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

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

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AKT.A or CET?

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
AKITA Drilling	C$186.77M	0.35	C$4.87M	C$0.11	15.73
Cathedral Energy Services	C$577.31M	0.00	C$21.42M	C$0.08	N/A

Is AKT.A or CET 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
AKITA Drilling	2.60%	3.12%	-0.11%
Cathedral Energy Services	3.71%	12.31%	8.07%

Does the media refer more to AKT.A or CET?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
AKITA Drilling	Neutral
Cathedral Energy Services	Neutral

Is AKT.A or CET a better dividend stock?

AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.7%. 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.

Do analysts prefer AKT.A or CET?

AKITA Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 116.76%. Cathedral Energy Services has a consensus price target of C$1.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given AKITA Drilling's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Cathedral Energy Services.

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

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

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