PD vs. BB, LSPD, DH, 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 BlackBerry (BB), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), DH (DH), 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 BlackBerry (TSE:BB) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 4 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.00 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry. BlackBerry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precision Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 11.71% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.66%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 15.01% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.
Precision Drilling presently has a consensus price target of C$130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.05%. BlackBerry has a consensus price target of C$3.13, suggesting a potential downside of 46.12%. Given Precision Drilling's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than BlackBerry.
65.3% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of BlackBerry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Precision Drilling received 188 more outperform votes than BlackBerry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.82% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 53.11% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats BlackBerry on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
