PD vs. ESI, PHX, PSI, CEU, TVK, KEL, EFR, BIR, CJ, and AAV
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Ensign Energy Services (ESI), PHX Energy Services (PHX), Pason Systems (PSI), CES Energy Solutions (CEU), TerraVest Industries (TVK), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Energy Fuels (EFR), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Cardinal Energy (CJ), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Ensign Energy Services (TSE:ESI) and Precision Drilling (TSE:PD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Ensign Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Precision Drilling pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Ensign Energy Services pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Precision Drilling pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than Ensign Energy Services. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ensign Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ensign Energy Services currently has a consensus target price of C$4.18, suggesting a potential upside of 65.82%. Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of C$127.09, suggesting a potential upside of 28.49%. Given Precision Drilling's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ensign Energy Services is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 10 more articles in the media than Ensign Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Precision Drilling and 4 mentions for Ensign Energy Services. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ensign Energy Services' score of 0.04 indicating that Ensign Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ensign Energy Services has a beta of 3.1, meaning that its share price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.92, meaning that its share price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling received 376 more outperform votes than Ensign Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 43.97% of users gave Ensign Energy Services an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling has a net margin of 14.93% compared to Precision Drilling's net margin of 2.30%. Ensign Energy Services' return on equity of 20.61% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.
4.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of Ensign Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Precision Drilling shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Ensign Energy Services on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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