Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) and Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is PD or VDY a better dividend stock?

Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Precision Drilling pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is PD or VDY more profitable?

Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's net margin of 0.00%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 14.96% beat Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Precision Drilling	12.53%	14.96%	4.87%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PD or VDY?

65.3% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PD or VDY?

Precision Drilling received 638 more outperform votes than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF an outperform vote while only 67.46% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Precision Drilling	Outperform Votes 649 67.46%	Underperform Votes 313 32.54%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%

Do analysts rate PD or VDY?

Precision Drilling presently has a consensus target price of C$119.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.05%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Precision Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, PD or VDY?

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Precision Drilling	C$1.95B	0.56	C$244.64M	C$16.99	4.52
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer PD or VDY?

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 16 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Precision Drilling's score of -0.49 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Precision Drilling	Neutral
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Positive

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.