Critical Comparison: Major Drilling Group International (MJDLF) and Its Peers

Major Drilling Group International (OTCMKTS:MJDLF) is one of 1,989 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Major Drilling Group International to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Major Drilling Group International and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Major Drilling Group International	0	0	2	0	3.00
Major Drilling Group International Competitors	6311	22406	32008	1752	2.47

As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 15.62%. Given Major Drilling Group International’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Major Drilling Group International has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Major Drilling Group International and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Major Drilling Group International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Major Drilling Group International Competitors	-1,155,490,457,955,101,400.00%	-14.47%	-2.08%

Dividends

Major Drilling Group International pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Major Drilling Group International pays out -28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.5% and pay out 10.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.9% of Major Drilling Group International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Major Drilling Group International and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Major Drilling Group International	N/A	N/A	-18.37
Major Drilling Group International Competitors	$169.64 billion	$266.77 million	-21.12

Major Drilling Group International’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Major Drilling Group International. Major Drilling Group International is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Major Drilling Group International beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Major Drilling Group International Company Profile

Major Drilling Group International Inc. provides contract drilling services for mining and mineral exploration companies. The company offers a suite of drilling services, including surface and underground coring, directional, reverse circulation, sonic, geotechnical, environmental, water-well, coal-bed methane, shallow gas, underground percussive, longhole drilling, surface drill and blast, and related mining services. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Moncton, Canada with additional offices in the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.