Precision Drilling Corporation (NYSE:PDS) Given Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Precision Drilling Corporation (NYSE:PDS) (TSE:PD) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have issued a hold recommendation, three have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $98.00.

Several research firms have commented on PDS. Atb Cap Markets upgraded Precision Drilling to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Zacks Research cut Precision Drilling from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Precision Drilling in a research note on Friday. TD Securities restated a “hold” rating on shares of Precision Drilling in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Precision Drilling from $74.00 to $79.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Precision Drilling

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Precision Drilling during the 1st quarter worth approximately $45,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Precision Drilling during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $57,000. Signaturefd LLC raised its stake in shares of Precision Drilling by 52.4% during the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 2,230 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $105,000 after purchasing an additional 767 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Precision Drilling during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $239,000. Finally, Aristides Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Precision Drilling during the 1st quarter worth approximately $252,000. Institutional investors own 48.86% of the company’s stock.

Precision Drilling Trading Up 2.1%

NYSE:PDS opened at $59.99 on Friday. Precision Drilling has a fifty-two week low of $36.20 and a fifty-two week high of $67.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 1.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $790.30 million, a PE ratio of 22.30 and a beta of 1.11. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $57.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $51.34.

Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) (TSE:PD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The oil and gas company reported ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.20 by ($1.57). The business had revenue of $331.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $471.38 million. Precision Drilling had a net margin of 3.17% and a return on equity of 3.44%. Sell-side analysts expect that Precision Drilling will post 7.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Precision Drilling Company Profile

Precision Drilling Corporation, a drilling company, provides onshore drilling, completion, and production services to exploration and production companies in the oil and natural gas and geothermal industries in North America and the Middle East. The company operates through Contract Drilling Services and Completion and Production Services segments.