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Profile - Precision Drilling Corp. (NYSE:PDS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($23.09)
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
Location
4200 Petro-Canada Centre, Calgary
Alberta T2P 3Y7, Canada
Phone: (403) 716-4500
Fax: (403) 264-0251
Email: info@precisiondrilling.com
Employees (last reported count): 6,000
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 ·Sector: Energy
 ·Industry: Oil Well Services & Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 10%
·Institutional: 50% (56% of float)
(347 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.87M shares (+12.04%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Precision Drilling Corporation is an integrated oilfield drilling and energy service company that provides land drilling, well servicing operations, industrial process services and rental of oilfield equipment. Precision Drilling has a worldwide fleet consisting of over 220 drilling rigs with depth capacities up to 7600m including 14 with slant capabilities and 24 equipped with top drives. The Company operates in three industry segments: Contract Drilling Services, Oilfield Specialty Services, and Rental and Production Services.
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Financial Summary
Precision Drilling provides oilfield and industrial services in Canada and internationally. The services include land drilling, well servicing operations, industrial process services and rental of oilfield equipment. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 68% to C$1.02 billion. Net income totaled C$111.5 million, up from C$52.1 million. Results reflect higher revenues generated from the Technology Services Group and improved pricing in most of the product lines.
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Officers

Position
Hank SwantoutChairman, Pres and CEO
Dale TremblaySr. VP, Fin. and CFO
J. GoertzenSr. VP, Bus. Devel.
Dwayne PetersSr. VP, Operations Canadian Drilling
Nick McNultyVP, Fin.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:PDSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$23.09 
Recent Price$24.50 
52-Week High
on 8-Mar-2001
$46.40 
Beta1.13 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)350.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)213.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-31.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-8.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.30B
Shares Outstanding53.1M
Float47.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 15-Oct-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.27 
Earnings (ttm)$2.28 
Earnings (mrq)$0.35 
Sales (ttm)$21.11 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.51 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.74 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.16 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.14B
EBITDA (ttm)$319.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$123.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.80%
Return on Equity (ttm)16.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.53 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.46 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.63M
Percent of Float3.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.39M
Short Ratio3.85 
Daily Volume423.0K
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