Join today and have your say! It’s FREE!

Become a member today, It's free!

We will not release or resell your information to third parties without your permission.
Please Try Again
{{ error }}
By providing my email, I consent to receiving investment related electronic messages from Stockhouse.

or

Sign In

Please Try Again
{{ error }}
Password Hint : {{passwordHint}}
Forgot Password?

or

Please Try Again {{ error }}

Send my password

SUCCESS
An email was sent with password retrieval instructions. Please go to the link in the email message to retrieve your password.

Become a member today, It's free!

We will not release or resell your information to third parties without your permission.

Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum AKITA Drilling Ltd T.AKT.B


Primary Symbol: T.AKT.A Alternate Symbol(s):  AKTAF

AKITA Drilling Ltd. provides contract drilling services, primarily to the oil and gas industry, in Canada and the United States. The Company is an oil and gas drilling contractor with a fleet of about 32 drilling rigs. Its United States fleet is supported out of its operations base in Midland, Texas and consists of 13 high specification AC triple rigs, one high specification AC double rig and... see more

TSX:AKT.A - Post Discussion

AKITA Drilling Ltd > Akita prior CEO now with Ensign
View:
Post by lifeisgood1010 on Nov 03, 2023 10:00am

Akita prior CEO now with Ensign

Their is consolidation in this sector.Having been CEO of Akita,who knows if 
Mr.Rudd make a pitch for Ensign to get these quality rigs at a cheap discount
Beside Aegis financial who owns 15.65% of akita, there are no other major 
holders.

Mr Rudd still hold a small amount of Akita shares.(59351 shares)

So it would be possible for Ensign to put there hands on the skilled labour force of akita and their good pad  rigs at a cheap discount.

Ensign just reported this morning a small loss in Q3 of 3 cents while Akita turned another profit of 10 cents.

This is a no brainer for an investor who is willing to wait a few months.

I truly think that this stock will double if not triple over the next 12 months.

Right now, i have 63500 shares and intend to add if the stock goes below $1.50

Here are the actual major shareholders of the class b shares.

Actionnaires

Nom Actions % Valorisation
 Aegis Financial Corp.
5 945 285 15,65 % 8 M $
 Timelo Investment Management, Inc.
427 400 1,125 % 555 620 $
136 395 0,3590 % 177 314 $
77 793 0,2047 % 101 131 $
59 351 0,1562 % 77 156 $
53 045 0,1396 % 68 959 $
36 909 0,0971 % 47 982 $
28 752 0,0757 % 37 378 $
 Arrow Capital Management, Inc.
28 500 0,0750 % 37 050 $
26 395 0,0695 % 34 314 $
  • The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Ruud to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective November 1, 2023, as part of the Company's ongoing Board succession planning. Mr. Ruud most recently served as President & Chief Executive Officer of a Calgary-based energy service company until his retirement in 2021.

OVERVIEW

Comment by lifeisgood1010 on Nov 03, 2023 10:03am
Correction, i wrote class b i should have wrote class a
Comment by Possibleidiot01 on Nov 03, 2023 10:32am
Overall, I agree with your thoughts on Akita. There are two points where you could be wrong , 1) Ensign buying Akita maybe in the mid term but probably not right now ( they have a lot of debt) and 2) Aegis being the only major holder ; They are of the A class shares but Sentgraf Enterprises , controlled the  Southern family   owns many class B shares. Roughly an equal amount to Aegis  ...more  
Comment by lifeisgood1010 on Nov 03, 2023 11:24am
Good morning Possible, Thanks for your comments. I agree, Ensign as a lot of debt, and it's problems of it's own.If they were to get interested in Akita, i would not be for tomorrow. The possibility is slim but not existant. What i don't get, is the huge chasm between the SP and the assets value of Akita I would understand if Akita was on the verge of bankruptcy but it's not ...more  
Comment by Possibleidiot01 on Nov 03, 2023 8:58pm
lifeisgood1010 The way , I view the oil and gas driling industry is, it's a brutally competitive arms race . Companies have to reinvest in the newest most efficient technologies and this takes money. Compared to say Ensign and Precision , Akita does lack some liquidity. The question is should book value be taken for granted? When you go the website you see these rigs in Canada that are not ...more  
Comment by lifeisgood1010 on Nov 05, 2023 5:02pm
Could not agree more on your comment. Indeed it's a highly competitive market. What i do like about Akita is the casm in it's SP VS their asset value. Like you said, they don't have much single or double. Most are pad triple. Akita took huge write off for their assets during covid.They went close to disaster Now, they are tackling their debt(like most if not all of the drillers ...more  
The Market Update
{{currentVideo.title}} {{currentVideo.relativeTime}}
< Previous bulletin
Next bulletin >

At the Bell logo
A daily snapshot of everything
from market open to close.

{{currentVideo.companyName}}
{{currentVideo.intervieweeName}}{{currentVideo.intervieweeTitle}}
< Previous
Next >
Dealroom for high-potential pre-IPO opportunities