PDS vs. BORR, NBR, HPK, HP, PUMP, REX, NESR, CSIQ, AMRC, and NRP
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), Helmerich & Payne (HP), ProPetro (PUMP), REX American Resources (REX), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Ameresco (AMRC), and Natural Resource Partners (NRP). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Precision Drilling received 596 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 65.58% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Borr Drilling had 2 more articles in the media than Precision Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Borr Drilling and 3 mentions for Precision Drilling. Borr Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Precision Drilling's score of 0.07 indicating that Borr Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borr Drilling has a beta of 3.06, meaning that its stock price is 206% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Precision Drilling presently has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential downside of 33.18%. Borr Drilling has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.67%. Given Borr Drilling's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Borr Drilling is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
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 10.10% beat Borr Drilling's return on equity.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Precision Drilling beats Borr Drilling on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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