ProPetro (PUMP) Competitors $6.63 +0.46 (+7.46%) Closing price 07/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.74 +0.11 (+1.66%) As of 04:07 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PUMP vs. PTEN, HAL, HP, LBRT, MUR, NBR, OII, OVV, RES, and WHDShould you be buying ProPetro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProPetro include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Oceaneering International (OII), Ovintiv (OVV), RPC (RES), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector. ProPetro vs. Its Competitors Patterson-UTI Energy Halliburton Helmerich & Payne Liberty Energy Murphy Oil Nabors Industries Oceaneering International Ovintiv RPC Cactus ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and dividends. Do analysts recommend PUMP or PTEN? ProPetro presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.06%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.94%. Given ProPetro's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ProPetro is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score ProPetro 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40Patterson-UTI Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PUMP or PTEN? 84.7% of ProPetro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of ProPetro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PUMP or PTEN? ProPetro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Patterson-UTI Energy. ProPetro 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioProPetro$1.44B0.48-$137.86M-$1.43-4.64Patterson-UTI Energy$5.15B0.49-$968.03M-$2.60-2.54 Which has more volatility and risk, PUMP or PTEN? ProPetro has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer PUMP or PTEN? In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 7 more articles in the media than ProPetro. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 11 mentions for ProPetro. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat ProPetro's score of -0.30 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 ProPetro 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Patterson-UTI Energy 7 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is PUMP or PTEN more profitable? ProPetro has a net margin of -10.60% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -19.78%. ProPetro's return on equity of 2.16% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ProPetro-10.60% 2.16% 1.42% Patterson-UTI Energy -19.78%-0.70%-0.43% SummaryPatterson-UTI Energy beats ProPetro on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get ProPetro News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PUMP 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 PUMP 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 PUMP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricProPetroOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$641.12M$5.17B$7.58B$20.52BDividend YieldN/A2.99%10.98%3.78%P/E Ratio-4.6410.6864.0327.79Price / Sales0.484.2922,253.0540.34Price / Cash2.407.3436.2522.26Price / Book0.841.773.684.58Net Income-$137.86M$397.37M$4.21B$982.91M7 Day Performance4.74%0.61%0.80%0.41%1 Month Performance8.87%6.38%3.83%3.59%1 Year Performance-16.92%3.54%101.61%14.47% ProPetro Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PUMPProPetro2.6191 of 5 stars$6.63+7.5%$9.75+47.1%-18.2%$641.12M$1.44B-4.641,900Gap DownPTENPatterson-UTI Energy4.4067 of 5 stars$6.17-2.2%$9.50+54.0%-32.2%$2.44B$5.38B-2.379,200Positive NewsHALHalliburton4.8428 of 5 stars$20.94-2.7%$33.53+60.1%-33.3%$18.50B$22.94B8.7648,000HPHelmerich & Payne4.6909 of 5 stars$16.11-1.9%$26.09+62.0%-51.4%$1.63B$2.76B7.366,200LBRTLiberty Energy4.7083 of 5 stars$11.88-1.7%$17.23+45.0%-36.6%$1.96B$4.32B7.875,700MURMurphy Oil4.8718 of 5 stars$23.88-2.4%$29.15+22.1%-35.6%$3.49B$3.03B9.18690News CoverageAnalyst ForecastNBRNabors Industries2.8994 of 5 stars$31.80+2.1%$43.29+36.1%-50.8%$489.20M$2.97B-2.0312,400OIIOceaneering International3.3861 of 5 stars$20.87-2.0%$28.00+34.2%-10.7%$2.14B$2.66B11.7210,400OVVOvintiv4.8859 of 5 stars$39.29-1.6%$54.59+38.9%-12.1%$10.37B$9.15B16.721,623News CoverageAnalyst ForecastRESRPC2.8238 of 5 stars$5.13-1.0%$5.75+12.1%-7.9%$1.14B$1.42B14.252,597News CoverageWHDCactus3.9722 of 5 stars$43.92-3.0%$52.33+19.2%-10.4%$3.61B$1.13B15.631,600News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Patterson-UTI Energy Alternatives Halliburton Alternatives Helmerich & Payne Alternatives Liberty Energy Alternatives Murphy Oil Alternatives Nabors Industries Alternatives Oceaneering International Alternatives Ovintiv Alternatives RPC Alternatives Cactus 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:PUMP) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA grave, grave error.I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. 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