SDRL vs. PTEN, VAL, RIG, HP, HPK, PDS, BORR, NBR, AMNI, and TLN
Should 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 Talen Energy (TLN). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Seadrill vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 293 more outperform votes than Seadrill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.26% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Seadrill an outperform vote.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Seadrill shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Seadrill shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seadrill has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Seadrill has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Seadrill pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.1%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seadrill pays out 63.2% 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.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Seadrill. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 6 mentions for Seadrill. Seadrill's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.85 indicating that Seadrill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus price target of $11.21, suggesting a potential upside of 83.89%. Seadrill has a consensus price target of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 196.30%. Given Seadrill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seadrill is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
Summary
Seadrill beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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