STEP Energy Services (OTCMKTS:SNVVF) & Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) Head-To-Head Survey

STEP Energy Services (OTCMKTS:SNVVF) and Precision Drilling (NYSE:PDS) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for STEP Energy Services and Precision Drilling, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STEP Energy Services	0	1	0	0	2.00
Precision Drilling	2	1	4	1	2.50

Precision Drilling has a consensus target price of $122.33, indicating a potential upside of 40.22%. Given Precision Drilling’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Precision Drilling is more favorable than STEP Energy Services.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.9% of Precision Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Precision Drilling 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares STEP Energy Services and Precision Drilling”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STEP Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Precision Drilling	$1.32 billion	0.85	$1.32 million	($2.09)	-41.74

Precision Drilling has higher revenue and earnings than STEP Energy Services.

Profitability

This table compares STEP Energy Services and Precision Drilling’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STEP Energy Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Precision Drilling	-1.68%	2.11%	1.24%

Summary

Precision Drilling beats STEP Energy Services on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About STEP Energy Services

STEP Energy Services Ltd., an energy services company, provides integrated coiled tubing, fluid and nitrogen pumping, and hydraulic fracturing to service oil and natural gas industry in Canada and the United States. It also provides fluid pumping services for coiled tubing operations and involved in standalone projects; pipeline commissioning and maintenance services; fracturing logistics services; and laboratory services. In addition, the company offers pipeline, facility maintenance, pipeline pigging, and purging services. STEP Energy Services Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Precision Drilling

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. This segment operates well completion and workover service rigs in Canada and the United States. Precision Drilling Corporation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.