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Precision Drilling Corp

PDToronto Stock Exchange

SectorEnergy

IndustryOil & Gas Drilling

Beta (adjusted)1.19

Intrinsic Value

Insufficient data for a value estimateNot enough reliable inputs to publish a fair value for this company yet.

Market Price $83.80Price as of 1 Oct 2026

Data confidenceNot applicable

Market Cap $1.1B

Enterprise Value $1.7B

Shares Outstanding 13.3M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date27 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend4 Nov 2015

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Precision Drilling is the premier land drilling contractor in Canada with a highly competitive, high-specification 'Super Series' rig fleet and expanding digital capabilities (Alpha portfolio). The company is uniquely positioned to benefit from structural tailwinds in Western Canada, including increased LNG takeaway capacity (LNG Canada) and resilient drilling activity in the liquids-rich Montney and Clearwater plays. Furthermore, management's aggressive deleveraging strategy has successfully reduced net debt by over $535 million since 2022, driving a clear path toward a Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio of under 1.0x by 2027. This balance sheet improvement is unlocking a transition toward enhanced direct shareholder returns (share buybacks and potential dividends), creating an asymmetric risk-reward profile for equity investors.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets3 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$86.48

Mean target$103.43

High · most bullish analyst$117.79

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$85.06

A prolonged downturn in global crude oil and North American natural gas prices leads exploration and production (E&P) operators to aggressively cut capital expenditures. Rig utilization falls in both Canada and the U.S., putting downward pressure on dayrates and delaying the company's long-term leverage reduction targets.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$103.43

Matches the consensus mean

Canadian drilling activity remains highly resilient, supported by stable economics in the Montney and Clearwater plays. U.S. activity stabilizes at current levels. Precision continues to execute on its C$100 million annual debt reduction target, maintaining strong daily operating margins and gradually increasing direct capital returns to shareholders.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$116.82

A rapid recovery in U.S. natural gas drilling combined with accelerated Canadian LNG export volumes drives high-specification rig utilization to near-capacity. Dayrates rise sharply, pushing annual EBITDA toward C$450 million to C$500 million. Deleveraging is completed ahead of schedule, allowing the company to return up to 50% of free cash flow directly to shareholders via aggressive share buybacks.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Dominant market share in Western Canada's premier basins (Montney and Clearwater).
High-specification 'Super Series' fleet equipped with proprietary EverGreen environmental solutions.
Strong track record of debt reduction, with over $535 million repaid since 2022.
Increasing direct capital returns to shareholders through active share buyback programs.

Key Investment Risks

High sensitivity to volatile crude oil and natural gas commodity prices.
Potential slowdown or delays in North American LNG export infrastructure projects.
Intense competition in the land drilling services sector, particularly in the U.S. market.

Thesis Invalidation Triggers

A sustained drop in WTI crude oil prices below $60 per barrel.
A material halt or cancellation of major Canadian LNG takeaway projects.
Failure to maintain the annual debt reduction target of $100 million, leading to leverage remaining above 1.5x.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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