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$6.84 -0.12 (-1.72%)

11/20/2009 4:03 PM

Precision Drilling Trust (USA) (PDS)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

The Company is a provider of contract drilling, service rig and ancillary services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in Canada and the United States.

Current Price	$6.84	Mkt Cap	$1.89B
Open	$6.85	P/E Ratio	4.64
Prev. Close	$6.96	Div. (Yield)	0.96 (16.20%)
Daily Range	$6.73 - $6.89	Volume	906,198
52-Wk Range	$2.00 - $9.65	Avg. Daily Vol.	1,676,000

PDS News and Commentary

An Easy Winning Strategy?November 17, 2009 – The Motley Fool
Does 1+1 Equal 3 in the Oil Patch?November 03, 2009 – The Motley Fool
This Top Stock Is a WinnerOctober 14, 2009 – The Motley Fool
AllStarPorfolio-New Rules for more Players? GET IN HERE ;-)September 15, 2009 – Blog at The Motley Fool
Western Refining: Is it time to make another speculative bet?September 06, 2009 – Blog at The Motley Fool
Time to Sit the Bench?September 02, 2009 – Blog at The Motley Fool
Natural Gas Stocks: Opportunity or Pitfall?August 06, 2009 – The Motley Fool
Are These Drillers Doomed or Not?July 23, 2009 – The Motley Fool
5 Top Stocks at Half PriceJuly 20, 2009 – The Motley Fool

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All Members

1,633 Outperform

43 Underperform

All-Star Members

637 Outperform

12 Underperform

Wall Street

4 Outperform

0 Underperform

Top PDS Bull/Bear Pitches

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AllStarPortfolio (64.82)
Submitted May 14, 2009

First, a couple caveats/disclaimers:

1. This company has A LOT of debt! In hindsight, their acquisition of Grey Wolf was poorly timed and they overpaid. They are currently working hard to address this issue and have made good headway by:… More

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SammydaCat (81.19)
Submitted March 16, 2007

Too little info on how much cash the company has and the balance sheet seems inconsistent.

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PDS VS S&P 500 (SPY)

PDS Summary

Sector: Energy
Industry: Energy Equipment and Services
Tags: Value (1882), Small Cap (1582), International Stock (694), Energy Equipment and Services (97), Income (1472), Dividend (191), Canada (67), Energy (458), Hard Asset (1024), Services (189)

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Recs

stephencmyers (74.83) Submitted: 11/9/2009 9:15:53 AM : Outperform

Start Price: $7.04 PDS Score: -4.21

It's been beaten down. It has about 250 rigs available of which half are only operating. As oil goes up, so should this stock. If they resume their dividend payouts, it should go up even faster.

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gypsysailor (63.08) Submitted: 11/4/2009 3:17:56 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $6.87 PDS Score: -3.79

All we need is to have another need for energy exploration which will come no matter what for this stock to be poised for gains.

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gibor1 (55.12) Submitted: 11/1/2009 8:33:17 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $6.42 PDS Score: +0.81

Valuation, and breaking into the natural gas play in PA.

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Score Leader

3js63 (97.18) Score: +193.49

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in PDS.

Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Commentary
3js63	97.18	2/19/2009	1Y	$2.05	+233.66%	+40.17%	+193.49	1 Comment
macorpuz	94.84	2/19/2009	NS	$2.16	+216.67%	+41.19%	+175.48
kennypee	76.43	2/20/2009	5Y	$2.16	+216.67%	+45.76%	+170.91
wahngjasnowy	58.52	2/20/2009	3Y	$2.16	+216.67%	+46.29%	+170.37
Manticorr	62.22	3/10/2009	NS	$2.10	+225.71%	+60.21%	+165.51
greenseal	99.49	3/9/2009	1Y	$2.08	+228.85%	+63.84%	+165.01
osmosis55	67.25	3/9/2009	1Y	$2.08	+228.85%	+63.84%	+165.01
sky56	67.10	~~2/20/2009~~ 3/2/2009	3M	$2.22	+208.11%	+45.19%	+162.92
lat0403	59.20	2/20/2009	5Y	$2.23	+206.73%	+44.41%	+162.31
UhOhThisisBad	96.13	2/19/2009	5Y	$2.26	+202.65%	+40.67%	+161.99

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Wall Street

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Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Commentary
TrackEveillard	88.00	3/31/2008	NS	$21.53	-68.22%	-13.08%	-55.14	1 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts	82.07	8/13/2007	NS	$16.84	-59.38%	-21.23%	-38.15
TrackJimCramer	36.31	11/15/2006	3W	$18.84	-63.69%	-17.00%	-46.69
TrackUBS	88.39	10/5/2006	NS	$23.35	-70.71%	-13.89%	-56.81

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