PDS vs. BORR, NBR, HPK, REX, ENVX, CSIQ, PUMP, SBR, SXC, and AMRC
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), HighPeak Energy (HPK), REX American Resources (REX), Enovix (ENVX), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), ProPetro (PUMP), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and Ameresco (AMRC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Borr Drilling's net margin of 2.86%. Precision Drilling's return on equity of 10.44% beat Borr Drilling's return on equity.
In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 15 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for Borr Drilling. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Borr Drilling's score of 0.00 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Precision Drilling received 595 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 65.54% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 39.14%. Borr Drilling has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.34%. Given Borr Drilling's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Borr Drilling is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borr Drilling has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Borr Drilling. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Borr Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Borr Drilling on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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