BTE vs. PTEN, VAL, RIG, HP, HPK, PDS, BORR, NBR, AMNI, and APA
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and APA (APA). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Baytex Energy vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Baytex Energy (NYSE:BTE) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.54, indicating a potential upside of 39.65%. Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 148.31%. Given Baytex Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 0 mentions for Baytex Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Baytex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 321 more outperform votes than Baytex Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.95% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 62.25% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote.
Baytex Energy has a net margin of -8.26% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -18.00%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 12.27% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Baytex Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Baytex Energy 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.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baytex Energy pays out -20.0% 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
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Baytex Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BTE) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
