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How Precision Drilling Corporation stacks up
PDS · against 113 other Energy companies of similar size
Profitability
17/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #89 of 114 · scores higher than 21% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including PDS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 17?
Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Energy peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 83% of peers. Return on assets: 0.1% vs peer median 4.4%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.7% vs peer median 9.3%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 69% of peers. Operating margin: 5.7% vs peer median 11.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PDS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PDS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 107 reported | 2.7% | 7.5% | 28% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 112 reported | 5.7% | 9.6% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 110 reported | 0.1% | 3.5% | 19% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 110 reported | -1.9% | 8.1% | 20% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 114 reported | 30.9% | 32.3% | 48% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PDS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.6B USD | 99 | 61 | |
| 1 | 1.3B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 1 | 1.0B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 4 | 1.4B USD | 98 | 80 | |
| 4 | 3.1B CAD (≈$2.3B) | 98 | 62 | |
| 84 | 25.0B NOK (≈$2.4B) | 19 | 57 | |
| 87 | 2.4B USD | 18 | 39 | |
| 87 | 1.3B USD | 18 | 53 | |
| 89 | 3.3B AUD (≈$2.2B) | 17 | 34 | |
| 89 | 1.2B USD | 17 | 32 | |
| 91 | 1.1B USD | 16 | 26 | |
| 91 | 651M USD | 16 | 39 | |
| 93 | 674M USD | 15 | 45 | |
| 94 | 9.1B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 14 | 27 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score