PTEN vs. HP, NBR, RIG, VAL, HPK, BORR, PDS, AMNI, PAA, and PR
Should you be buying Patterson-UTI Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Patterson-UTI Energy include Helmerich & Payne (HP), Nabors Industries (NBR), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Precision Drilling (PDS), American Noble Gas (AMNI), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Patterson-UTI Energy vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 3 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 5 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.47 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 117 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.30% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.16% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $11.63, suggesting a potential upside of 25.13%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.59%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.48% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -14.73%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 12.44% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 29.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTEN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
