Core Laboratories (CLB) Competitors

Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Is CLB or PTEN a better dividend stock?

Core Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Core Laboratories pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CLB or PTEN?

Core Laboratories has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLB or PTEN more profitable?

Core Laboratories has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Core Laboratories' return on equity of 14.15% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Core Laboratories	5.73%	14.15%	6.18%
Patterson-UTI Energy	-21.49%	-1.94%	-1.16%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CLB or PTEN?

Core Laboratories has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Core Laboratories	$523.85M	0.93	$31.40M	$0.62	16.84
Patterson-UTI Energy	$5.38B	0.39	-$968.03M	-$2.76	-1.95

Do analysts prefer CLB or PTEN?

Core Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $8.27, suggesting a potential upside of 53.77%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Core Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Core Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Patterson-UTI Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media prefer CLB or PTEN?

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Core Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 4 mentions for Core Laboratories. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Core Laboratories' score of -0.53 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Core Laboratories	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Patterson-UTI Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CLB or PTEN?

97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Core Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Patterson-UTI Energy beats Core Laboratories on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.