PTEN vs. HP, NBR, RIG, VAL, HPK, PDS, BORR, AMNI, AR, and FTI
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), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), American Noble Gas (AMNI), Antero Resources (AR), and TechnipFMC (FTI).
Patterson-UTI Energy vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 11.02% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -18.00%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 11.31% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 117 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.25% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus price target of $11.54, indicating a potential upside of 37.73%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $36.11, indicating a potential upside of 40.22%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
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, 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 1 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 9 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.84 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 32.9% 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.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PTEN) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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