How to buy Precision Drilling Corporation stock (PDS)

Precision Drilling Corporation is an oil & gas drilling business based in the US. Precision Drilling Corporation shares (PDS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $57.69 – an increase of 1.96% over the previous week. Precision Drilling Corporation employs 5,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.9 billion.

Our top picks for where to buy Precision Drilling Corporation stock

Buy Precision Drilling Corporation stock from these online trading platforms

Compare special offers, low fees and a wide range of investment options among top trading platforms.

Paid non-client promotion. Finder does not invest money with providers on this page. If a brand is a referral partner, we're paid when you click or tap through to, open an account with or provide your contact information to the provider. Partnerships are not a recommendation for you to invest with any one company. Learn more about how we make money.

Finder is not an advisor or brokerage service. Information on this page is for educational purposes only and not a recommendation to invest with any one company, trade specific stocks or fund specific investments. All editorial opinions are our own.

Precision Drilling Corporation stock price (NYSE: PDS)

Use our graph to track the performance of PDS stocks over time.

Precision Drilling Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-25.

Latest market close	$57.69
52-week range	$51.53 - $79.07
50-day moving average more info button	$61.04
200-day moving average more info button	$66.95
Wall St. target price	$91.07
PE ratio more info button	5.12
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$11.42

Is it a good time to buy Precision Drilling Corporation stock?

The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.

This chart is not advice or a guarantee of success. Rather, it gauges the real-time recommendations of three popular technical indicators: moving averages, oscillators and pivots. Finder is not responsible for how your stock performs.

Precision Drilling Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $58.13 from 2024-12-26

1 week (2024-12-20)	2.74%
1 month (2024-11-27)	-6.90%
3 months (2024-09-27)	-6.11%
6 months (2024-06-28)	-17.36%

1 year (2023-12-28)	7.03%
2 years (2022-12-28)	-21.81%
3 years (2021-12-28)	67.18%
5 years (2019-12-27)	106.13%

Is Precision Drilling Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Precision Drilling Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Precision Drilling Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Precision Drilling Corporation's P/E ratio

Precision Drilling Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 5x. In other words, Precision Drilling Corporation shares trade at around 5x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Precision Drilling Corporation's PEG ratio

Precision Drilling Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.4. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Precision Drilling Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Precision Drilling Corporation's EBITDA

Precision Drilling Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $540.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Precision Drilling Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Precision Drilling Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$1.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.12%
Gross profit TTM	$492.6 million
Return on assets TTM	5.4%
Return on equity TTM	15.97%
Profit margin	12.53%
Book value	$117.77
Market Capitalization more info button	$822.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Precision Drilling Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Precision Drilling Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Precision Drilling Corporation's shares ever split?

Precision Drilling Corporation's shares were split on a 1:20 basis on 11 November 2020 . So if you had owned 20 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Precision Drilling Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 1900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Precision Drilling Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Precision Drilling Corporation's share price.

Precision Drilling Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Precision Drilling Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $51.53 up to $79.07. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Precision Drilling Corporation's is 2.748. This would suggest that Precision Drilling Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Precision Drilling Corporation overview

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. The Contract Drilling Services segment offers onshore well drilling services to exploration and production companies in the geothermal, oil and natural gas industry. This segment offers services include land and turnkey drilling; and procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, as well as manufacture and repair of drilling and service rig equipment. In addition, it operates land drilling rigs in Canada, the United States, and the Middle East, as well as operates AlphaAutomation, AlphaApps, and AlphaAnalytics data services. The company offers EverGreen suite of environmental solutions comprising EverGreenMonitoring, EverGreenEnergy, and EverGreen Fuel Cell. The Completion and Production Services segment provides service rigs for well completion, workover, abandonment, maintenance, and re-entry preparation services; equipment rentals; and camp and catering services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Precision Drilling Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 2.13% of Precision Drilling Corporation shares are held by insiders and 57.434% by institutions. How many people work for Precision Drilling Corporation?
Latest data suggests 5,000 work at Precision Drilling Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for Precision Drilling Corporation?
Precision Drilling Corporation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Precision Drilling Corporation based?
Precision Drilling Corporation's address is: 525?8th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2P 1G1 What is Precision Drilling Corporation's ISIN number?
Precision Drilling Corporation's international securities identification number is: CA74022D4075 What is Precision Drilling Corporation's CUSIP number?
Precision Drilling Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 74022D100