NBR vs. PTEN, HP, HPK, PDS, BORR, AMNI, RIG, VAL, OII, and AESI
Should you be buying Nabors Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nabors Industries include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), American Noble Gas (AMNI), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), Oceaneering International (OII), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Nabors Industries vs.
Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Nabors Industries has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nabors Industries has a net margin of -4.69% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -14.73%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 3.60% beat Nabors Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Nabors Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Nabors Industries and 3 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Nabors Industries' score of -0.07 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Patterson-UTI Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Nabors Industries. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nabors Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 17 more outperform votes than Nabors Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.30% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 61.42% of users gave Nabors Industries an outperform vote.
81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Nabors Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Nabors Industries currently has a consensus price target of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.48%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 28.88%. Given Nabors Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Nabors Industries is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Nabors Industries on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NBR) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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