
Precision Drilling Corporation (PDS)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
71% below intrinsic value ($230)
Precision Drilling Corporation (PDS) — VMCI valuation read
Headline read on PDS: VMCI of 53/100 versus a Energy sector median of 50. The 3-point above-median position is what makes Precision Drilling Corporation a relative-value candidate in the mid-cap cohort, before any pillar-level review.
Form 4 filings on PDS: zero in the trailing 30 days. The absence of insider transactions is itself a data point, just a low-information one. The thesis runs on financials and price action until that changes.
**Investor frame.** Three reads on PDS: value (PDS trades at 21.0x earnings, 17% above the Energy median of 18.0x), quality (ROIC of 11.0% sits 1.0pp above the Energy median (10.0%)), and risk (net debt to EBITDA of 3.3x is the binding constraint on the bear case). The value read also implies an EV/EBITDA gap of +4.0x against the Energy 12.0x baseline.
PDS fell 2.7% over the trailing 7 days, with a -8.4% read on a 30-day basis.
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 in two segments, Contract Drilling Services; and Completion and Production Services. The Contract Drilling Services segment offers onshore well drilling services to exploration and production companies in the oil and natural gas industry. This segment's services include land and turnkey drilling; and procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, as well as manufacture and refurbishment of drilling and service rig equipment. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 227 land drilling rigs, including 109 in Canada; 105 in the United States; 6 in Kuwait; 4 in Saudi Arabia; 2 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq; and 1 in the country of Georgia. As of December 31, 2021, this segment also operated 47 AlphaTM rigs with commercial AlphaAutomation; 18 AlphaApps; 4 grid power capable rigs; and 60 natural gas or bi-fuel rigs. The Completion and Production Services segment provides service rigs for well completion, workover, abandonment, maintenance, and re-entry preparation services; wellsite accommodations; oilfield surface equipment rentals; and camp and catering services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 123 well completion and workover service rigs, including 113 in Canada and 10 in the United States; 1,900 oilfield rental items, including surface storage, small-flow wastewater treatment, power generation, and solids control equipment; 109 wellsite accommodation units; 943 drill camp beds; 822 base camp beds; and three kitchen diners in Canada. Precision Drilling Corporation was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
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