PD vs. LSPD, DH, BB, VDY, DCBO, ABST, U, AI, DV, and FSY
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), DH (DH), BlackBerry (BB), Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), Docebo (DCBO), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Dolly Varden Silver (DV), and Forsys Metals (FSY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Precision Drilling vs.
Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Precision Drilling received 451 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 67.82% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$127.11, indicating a potential upside of 55.96%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of C$29.90, indicating a potential upside of 29.55%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.
In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 1 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 2 mentions for Precision Drilling. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Precision Drilling's score of -0.73 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.69, suggesting that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.3% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 11.71% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -15.55%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 15.01% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Lightspeed Commerce on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
