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Precision Drilling (PD) Competitors

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C$61.71 -7.14 (-10.37%)
As of 04:17 PM Eastern

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

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.

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 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Precision DrillingOutperform Votes
649
67.46%
Underperform Votes
313
32.54%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETFOutperform Votes
11
78.57%
Underperform Votes
3
21.43%

65.3% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Precision Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$1.95B0.46C$244.64MC$16.993.70
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETFN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 1 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's score of 0.00 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of C$119.00, suggesting a potential upside of 89.04%. Given Precision Drilling's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Summary

Precision Drilling beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PD vs. The Competition

MetricPrecision DrillingOil & Gas Drilling IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$895.78MC$272.10MC$7.44BC$5.59B
Dividend Yield5.87%14.24%10.65%6.44%
P/E Ratio3.705.1647.0730.86
Price / Sales0.460.4128,764.81541.04
Price / Cash33.6529.0735.3783.08
Price / Book0.541.583.503.47
Net IncomeC$244.64MC$58.98MC$4.27BC$299.15M
7 Day Performance-5.71%-1.91%-3.88%-3.31%
1 Month Performance-5.72%-0.13%-0.47%-0.83%
1 Year Performance-38.85%-14.08%146.92%10.82%

Precision Drilling Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PD
Precision Drilling
3.7453 of 5 stars
C$61.71
-10.4%
C$119.00
+92.8%
-28.3%C$878.14MC$1.95B3.63950News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VDY
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF
N/AC$49.51
+0.7%
N/A+13.0%C$3.40BN/A0.00790
DH
DH
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.72BN/A0.00970Gap Up
BB
BlackBerry
0.7627 of 5 stars
C$5.42
-3.7%
C$4.75
-12.4%
+27.2%C$2.24BC$424.99M-17.463,320Gap Down
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
2.8485 of 5 stars
C$12.59
-3.2%
C$18.89
+50.0%
-31.2%C$1.37BC$740.40M-11.191,800Gap Down
DCBO
Docebo
1.6221 of 5 stars
C$41.39
-1.4%
C$82.00
+98.1%
-31.4%C$884.45MC$147.27M49.20730
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
1.966 of 5 stars
C$10.60
-1.0%
C$12.78
+20.6%
-7.3%C$502.74MC$78.44M10.06700
DV
Dolly Varden Silver
1.6829 of 5 stars
C$1.04
-2.8%
C$1.60
+53.8%
+11.1%C$319.69MN/A-13.34800
FSY
Forsys Metals
N/AC$0.75
+13.6%
N/A-23.3%C$150.24MN/A-33.2820,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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