This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Noble (NE) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NE vs. PTEN, VAL, HP, RIG, SDRL, HPK, PDS, BORR, NBR, and AMNIShould you be buying Noble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Noble include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Valaris (VAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Transocean (RIG), Seadrill (SDRL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), and American Noble Gas (AMNI). These companies are all part of the "drilling oil & gas wells" industry. Noble vs. Patterson-UTI Energy Valaris Helmerich & Payne Transocean Seadrill HighPeak Energy Precision Drilling Borr Drilling Nabors Industries American Noble Gas Noble (NYSE:NE) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership. Do analysts recommend NE or PTEN? Noble currently has a consensus target price of $37.17, indicating a potential upside of 65.53%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 82.77%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Noble.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Noble 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33Patterson-UTI Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.69 Which has higher earnings & valuation, NE or PTEN? Noble has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNoble$3.06B1.17$481.90M$2.997.51Patterson-UTI Energy$5.15B0.45-$968.03M-$2.60-2.29 Is NE or PTEN a better dividend stock? Noble pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Noble pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -12.3% 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. Does the media prefer NE or PTEN? In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Noble. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 9 mentions for Noble. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Noble's score of 0.00 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 Noble 2 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Patterson-UTI Energy 10 Very Positive mention(s) 8 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is NE or PTEN more profitable? Noble has a net margin of 14.66% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -18.00%. Noble's return on equity of 8.15% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Noble14.66% 8.15% 5.20% Patterson-UTI Energy -18.00%0.81%0.51% Which has more volatility and risk, NE or PTEN? Noble has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NE or PTEN? 68.1% of Noble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Noble shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NE or PTEN? Patterson-UTI Energy received 794 more outperform votes than Noble when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.29% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Noble an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNobleOutperform Votes2239.29% Underperform Votes3460.71% Patterson-UTI EnergyOutperform Votes81662.29% Underperform Votes49437.71% SummaryPatterson-UTI Energy beats Noble on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Noble News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNobleDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.44B$667.46M$7.12B$18.95BDividend Yield7.17%6.14%10.94%4.04%P/E Ratio7.044.7949.7832.82Price / Sales1.172.6225,721.4328.84Price / Cash6.243.2835.4417.53Price / Book0.770.543.494.49Net Income$481.90M-$254.14M$4.28B$1.02B Noble Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NENoble4.0435 of 5 stars$22.45-33.9%$37.17+65.5%-54.5%$4.44B$3.06B7.043,600Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↑News CoveragePTENPatterson-UTI Energy4.4082 of 5 stars$5.88-3.1%$11.21+90.6%-46.6%$2.27B$5.38B-2.386,500Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap DownHigh Trading VolumeVALValaris3.4417 of 5 stars$30.98-2.9%$50.33+62.5%-52.9%$2.20B$2.36B6.035,450Upcoming EarningsGap DownHPHelmerich & Payne4.923 of 5 stars$19.77-4.0%$31.78+60.7%-50.9%$1.96B$2.76B6.506,200Analyst RevisionNews CoverageRIGTransocean4.5489 of 5 stars$2.13-6.6%$4.59+115.4%-61.2%$1.88B$3.52B-2.925,340Earnings ReportNews CoverageSDRLSeadrill4.2781 of 5 stars$20.15-3.5%$62.00+207.7%-59.9%$1.25B$1.39B3.513,220News CoveragePositive NewsHPKHighPeak Energy3.6387 of 5 stars$9.09-3.7%$11.50+26.5%-39.0%$1.15B$1.07B7.1630Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap DownPDSPrecision Drilling3.2902 of 5 stars$42.15-3.0%$112.00+165.7%-40.0%$563.59M$1.90B7.833,350Earnings ReportShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionBORRBorr Drilling3.7539 of 5 stars$1.80-7.7%$9.00+400.0%-66.5%$430.76M$1.01B5.63520Gap DownNBRNabors Industries2.5625 of 5 stars$28.24-8.6%$71.17+152.0%-61.9%$271.22M$2.93B-1.2612,000Earnings ReportShort Interest ↑News CoverageAMNIAmerican Noble GasN/A$0.00flatN/AN/A$2,000.00$120,000.000.003 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Patterson-UTI Energy Alternatives Valaris Alternatives Helmerich & Payne Alternatives Transocean Alternatives Seadrill Alternatives HighPeak Energy Alternatives Precision Drilling Alternatives Borr Drilling Alternatives Nabors Industries Alternatives American Noble Gas Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:NE) was last updated on 4/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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