PDS vs. HP, HPK, BORR, NBR, ICD, AMNI, VAL, RIG, PTEN, and NOG
Should you be buying Precision Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Precision Drilling include Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), American Noble Gas (AMNI), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), and Northern Oil and Gas (NOG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
Helmerich & Payne received 91 more outperform votes than Precision Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.58% of users gave Precision Drilling an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Precision Drilling currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential downside of 35.62%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.35%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Precision Drilling.
Precision Drilling has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Precision Drilling's net margin of 12.00%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 13.21% beat Precision Drilling's return on equity.
48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Precision Drilling shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Precision Drilling had 2 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Precision Drilling and 0 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Precision Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.00 indicating that Precision Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helmerich & Payne has higher revenue and earnings than Precision Drilling. Precision Drilling is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne beats Precision Drilling on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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