Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common (HAL) Competitors

AKITA Drilling (TSE:AKT.A) and Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common (TSE:HAL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is AKT.A or HAL a better dividend stock?

AKITA Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.5%. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. AKITA Drilling pays out 47.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AKT.A or HAL?

22.0% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of AKITA Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor AKT.A or HAL?

In the previous week, AKITA Drilling had 3 more articles in the media than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AKITA Drilling and 0 mentions for Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled AKITA Drilling'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AKITA Drilling	Neutral
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AKT.A or HAL?

Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common received 100 more outperform votes than AKITA Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.03% of users gave Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave AKITA Drilling an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AKITA Drilling	Outperform Votes 88 53.33%	Underperform Votes 77 46.67%
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	Outperform Votes 188 81.03%	Underperform Votes 44 18.97%

Do analysts prefer AKT.A or HAL?

AKITA Drilling presently has a consensus price target of C$3.75, indicating a potential upside of 148.34%. Given Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AKITA Drilling is more favorable than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AKITA Drilling	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AKT.A or HAL?

AKITA Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AKITA Drilling	C$225.48M	0.25	C$18.41M	C$0.71	2.13
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AKT.A or HAL more profitable?

AKITA Drilling has a net margin of 8.17% compared to AKITA Drilling's net margin of 0.00%. Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common's return on equity of 12.53% beat AKITA Drilling's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AKITA Drilling	8.17%	12.53%	3.25%
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

AKITA Drilling beats Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF Common on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.