RIG vs. PTEN, VAL, HP, HPK, SSL, CPG, MGY, UGP, ORA, and SUN
Should you be buying Transocean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transocean include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Valaris (VAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Sasol (SSL), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), Ormat Technologies (ORA), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Transocean had 4 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Transocean and 6 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Transocean's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 1.35 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Transocean. Transocean 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.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Transocean received 118 more outperform votes than Patterson-UTI Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.27% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.52%. Transocean has a consensus price target of $7.70, indicating a potential upside of 27.69%. Given Transocean's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Transocean.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a net margin of 4.07% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -13.27%. Transocean's return on equity of 7.13% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Transocean on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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