Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Seadrill (SDRL) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SDRL vs. PTEN, VAL, RIG, HP, HPK, PDS, BORR, NBR, AMNI, and SUNShould you be buying Seadrill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seadrill include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector. Seadrill vs. Patterson-UTI Energy Valaris Transocean Helmerich & Payne HighPeak Energy Precision Drilling Borr Drilling Nabors Industries American Noble Gas Sunoco Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both mid-cap 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, community ranking, earnings and risk. Do analysts rate SDRL or PTEN? Seadrill presently has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 145.88%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $11.54, suggesting a potential upside of 40.92%. Given Seadrill's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Seadrill is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Seadrill 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Patterson-UTI Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.77 Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SDRL or PTEN? 95.7% of Seadrill shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 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 will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, SDRL or PTEN? Seadrill has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SDRL or PTEN? Patterson-UTI Energy received 291 more outperform votes than Seadrill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.25% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Seadrill an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSeadrillOutperform Votes52260.63% Underperform Votes33939.37% Patterson-UTI EnergyOutperform Votes81362.25% Underperform Votes49337.75% Does the media prefer SDRL or PTEN? In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Seadrill. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 0 mentions for Seadrill. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Seadrill's score of 0.00 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Seadrill Neutral Patterson-UTI Energy Positive Is SDRL or PTEN more profitable? Seadrill has a net margin of 27.79% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -18.00%. Seadrill's return on equity of 7.24% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Seadrill27.79% 7.24% 5.12% Patterson-UTI Energy -18.00%0.81%0.51% Which has higher valuation and earnings, SDRL or PTEN? Seadrill has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seadrill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSeadrill$1.50B1.24$300M$5.744.39Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.59-$968.03M-$2.47-3.32 SummarySeadrill and Patterson-UTI Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Seadrill News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SDRL 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 SDRL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSeadrillDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.30B$883.37M$7.67B$19.39BDividend YieldN/A4.85%10.31%3.75%P/E Ratio4.393.6348.6933.02Price / Sales1.242.2028,273.1426.58Price / Cash5.033.1235.4417.54Price / Book0.620.523.654.53Net Income$300M-$298.82M$4.28B$1.02B Seadrill Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SDRLSeadrill3.211 of 5 stars$25.22-33.1%$62.00+145.9%-49.9%$2.30B$1.50B4.392,505PTENPatterson-UTI Energy4.3389 of 5 stars$8.46+1.0%$11.63+37.4%-31.4%$3.27B$5.38B-3.436,500Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsVALValaris3.1138 of 5 stars$40.08+1.1%$54.33+35.5%-47.6%$2.85B$2.36B7.805,450RIGTransocean4.6029 of 5 stars$3.23+1.1%$5.23+62.2%-49.0%$2.83B$3.52B-4.425,340Analyst ForecastHPHelmerich & Payne4.7746 of 5 stars$25.46+2.6%$37.25+46.3%-39.9%$2.53B$2.76B8.376,200Analyst ForecastNews CoverageHPKHighPeak Energy2.7339 of 5 stars$12.58+0.9%$13.00+3.3%-21.0%$1.59B$1.07B9.9130Short Interest ↓Positive NewsPDSPrecision Drilling3.4424 of 5 stars$46.04+2.3%$112.00+143.3%-32.7%$628.15M$1.90B8.563,350Short Interest ↑BORRBorr Drilling3.5275 of 5 stars$2.39+2.4%$9.00+277.4%-67.4%$588.52M$1.01B7.45520NBRNabors Industries2.7712 of 5 stars$43.27-0.6%$73.00+68.7%-51.6%$415.53M$2.93B-1.9312,000Analyst ForecastAMNIAmerican Noble GasN/A$0.00+∞N/A-99.6%$2,000.00$120,000.000.003Gap UpSUNSunoco2.6328 of 5 stars$57.09+0.6%$63.67+11.5%-1.9%$8.71B$22.69B8.652,389Analyst Forecast Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Patterson-UTI Energy Alternatives Valaris Alternatives Transocean Alternatives Helmerich & Payne Alternatives HighPeak Energy Alternatives Precision Drilling Alternatives Borr Drilling Alternatives Nabors Industries Alternatives American Noble Gas Alternatives Sunoco 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:SDRL) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA market crash is coming—here’s whenThe stock market cycle I've used to identify the most likely day of the next market crash is the exact same in...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredYour Wealth is Under AttackPlease don't wait—this is your moment to take action. 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