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CNQ vs PDS

Side-by-side comparison of Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNQ) and Precision Drilling Corporation (PDS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CNQ and PDS operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CNQ is the larger of the two at $95.87B, about 80.3x PDS ($1.19B).
  • Over the past year, CNQ is up 49.1% and PDS is up 108.9% - PDS leads by 59.7 points.
  • Both names hit the wire about 2 times in the past 4 weeks.
  • CNQ has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 14 for PDS).
PerformanceCNQ+49.13%PDS+108.88%
2025-06-02+0.00%2026-06-01
MetricCNQPDS
Company
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Precision Drilling Corporation
Price
$45.95+1.31%
$92.23+3.42%
Market cap
$95.87B
$1.19B
1M return
-3.70%
-1.16%
1Y return
+49.13%
+108.88%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
2
2
Recent ratings
25
14
CNQ

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers synthetic crude oil (SCO), light and medium crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), primary heavy crude oil, and Pelican Lake heavy crude oil. Its midstream assets include two crude oil pipeline systems; and a 50% working interest in an 84-megawatt cogeneration plant at Primrose. As of December 31, 2020, the company had total proved crude oil, bitumen, SCO, and NGLs reserves were 10,528 million barrels (MMbbl); total proved plus probable crude oil, bitumen, SCO, and NGLs reserves were 13,271 MMbbl; proved natural gas reserves were 9,465 billion cubic feet (Bcf); and total proved plus probable natural gas reserves were 15,922 Bcf. It operates primarily in Western Canada; the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea; and Offshore Africa. The company was formerly known as AEX Minerals Corporation and changed its name to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in December 1975. Canadian Natural Resources Limited was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

PDS

Precision Drilling Corporation

Precision Drilling Corporation, an oilfield services company, provides oil and natural gas drilling and related products and services 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 drilling, directional drilling, and turnkey drilling; and procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, as well as manufacture, sale, and repair of drilling equipment. As of December 31, 2020, 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. 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. This segment operated 123 well completion and workover service rigs, including 113 in Canada and 10 in the United States. It also had approximately 1,400 oilfield rental items, including surface storage, small-flow wastewater treatment, power generation, and solids control equipment; 113 wellsite accommodation units; 966 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.