HP vs. PTEN, RIG, VAL, HPK, PDS, LBRT, CNX, NOG, WHD, and PAGP
Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Liberty Energy (LBRT), CNX Resources (CNX), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Cactus (WHD), and Plains GP (PAGP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Helmerich & Payne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson-UTI Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Helmerich & Payne's net margin of 4.07%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 13.21% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 104 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Patterson-UTI Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 38.52%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 6 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 6 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 1.40 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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