Canadian companies specializing in contract drilling

Contract drillers provide the rigs and land-based equipment necessary to extract hydrocarbons. Daily rig lease rates and capital expenditure cycles heavily dictate market volatility. Right now, PHX Energy Services Corp. acts as the volume leader, and High Arctic Energy Services Inc records the top daily price growth. To evaluate these stocks, the underlying table provides key fundamental and technical data.
Symbol
Mkt cap
Price
Chg %
Vol
Rel vol
P/E
EPS dil
TTM
EPS dil growth
TTM YoY
Div yield %
TTM
Sector
Analyst rating
PDPrecision Drilling Corporation
1.6 B CAD126.58 CAD−0.76%178.68 K1.09—−0.33 CAD−108.17%0.00%Industrial services
Strong buy
MDIMajor Drilling Group International Inc.
1.24 B CAD14.78 CAD−2.18%260.52 K1.9147.180.31 CAD+27.57%0.00%Industrial services
Strong buy
ESIEnsign Energy Services Inc.
704.13 M CAD3.67 CAD−3.93%483.76 K0.84—−0.22 CAD−6.63%0.00%Industrial services
Buy
PHXPHX Energy Services Corp.
497 M CAD10.27 CAD−5.43%711.96 K3.039.751.05 CAD−6.54%7.37%Industrial services
Buy
ACXACT Energy Technologies Ltd.
298.91 M CAD7.33 CAD−3.93%250.76 K0.8810.790.68 CAD−28.80%0.00%Industrial services
Strong buy
AKTAkita Drilling Ltd.
199.3 M CAD3.37 CAD−3.99%119.82 K1.73—−0.14 CAD−126.01%0.00%Industrial services
Buy
WRGWestern Energy Services Corp.
120.18 M CAD3.55 CAD0.00%4500.13—−0.62 CAD−206.02%0.00%Industrial services
Neutral
HOHHigh Arctic Overseas Holdings Corp.
29.18 M CAD2.50 CAD+6.38%18.18 K3.09————Industrial services
No rating
HWOHigh Arctic Energy Services Inc
13.08 M CAD1.10 CAD+6.80%5 K0.798.570.13 CAD−93.88%0.00%Industrial services
No rating