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Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

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C$58.97 -0.59 (-0.99%)
As of 04/23/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PD vs. VDY, DH, BB, LSPD, DV, DCBO, ABST, U, AI, and FSY

Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), DH (DH), BlackBerry (BB), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), Docebo (DCBO), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), and Forsys Metals (FSY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Precision Drilling vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Precision DrillingC$1.95B0.43C$244.64MC$16.993.47
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETFN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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 Drilling12.53% 14.96% 4.87%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF N/A N/A N/A

Precision Drilling received 640 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 67.32% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Precision DrillingOutperform Votes
651
67.32%
Underperform Votes
316
32.68%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETFOutperform Votes
11
78.57%
Underperform Votes
3
21.43%

Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Precision Drilling pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 8 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 8 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 0.00 beat Precision Drilling's score of -0.43 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$98.33, suggesting a potential upside of 66.75%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
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

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PD vs. The Competition

MetricPrecision DrillingOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$839.15MC$247.10MC$7.00BC$5.57B
Dividend Yield5.87%14.24%11.00%6.83%
P/E Ratio3.474.5947.5329.65
Price / Sales0.430.3722,470.15599.31
Price / Cash33.6529.0735.4483.07
Price / Book0.501.533.443.65
Net IncomeC$244.64MC$58.98MC$4.28BC$300.28M
7 Day Performance-1.78%0.25%1.04%1.19%
1 Month Performance-10.46%-13.74%-7.06%-3.18%
1 Year Performance-36.60%-18.34%145.60%11.95%

Precision Drilling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PD
Precision Drilling
3.2538 of 5 stars
C$58.97
-1.0%
C$98.33
+66.8%
-36.9%C$839.15MC$1.95B3.47950
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$46.69
+1.6%
N/A+9.8%C$3.21BN/A0.00790
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
BB
BlackBerry
0.8388 of 5 stars
C$4.46
+1.4%
C$4.75
+6.5%
+14.9%C$1.85BC$424.99M-14.373,320Positive News
Gap Up
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
2.6484 of 5 stars
C$12.67
-0.2%
C$18.30
+44.4%
-25.7%C$1.38BC$740.40M-11.261,800
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
0.2976 of 5 stars
C$3.93
-1.8%
C$1.60
-59.3%
+301.1%C$1.21BN/A-50.42800High Trading Volume
DCBO
Docebo
2.083 of 5 stars
C$41.08
-0.5%
C$82.00
+99.6%
-31.7%C$877.82MC$147.27M48.83730
ABST
Absolute Software
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$807.42MC$222.06M-23.03740
U
Uranium Participation
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$768.65MC$-147,478,000.00-4.437,700
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
1.2759 of 5 stars
C$10.60
+1.6%
C$12.78
+20.6%
-1.9%C$502.74MC$78.44M10.06700News Coverage
FSY
Forsys Metals
N/AC$0.52
-7.1%
N/A-46.1%C$104.17MN/A-23.0820,300Positive News
Gap Up

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