OIS vs. PTEN, HAL, LBRT, NBR, NOV, OII, PUMP, RES, SLB, and WHD
Should you be buying Oil States International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil States International include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Nabors Industries (NBR), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), ProPetro (PUMP), RPC (RES), Schlumberger (SLB), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Oil States International vs. Its Competitors
Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Oil States International currently has a consensus target price of $7.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.42%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $8.27, indicating a potential upside of 52.35%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Oil States International.
Oil States International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oil States International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oil States International has a net margin of 1.02% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Oil States International's return on equity of 2.56% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
97.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Oil States International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 3 mentions for Oil States International. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Oil States International's score of 0.25 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oil States International has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oil States International beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:OIS) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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