HP vs. PTEN, NBR, VAL, RIG, HPK, PDS, BORR, ICD, AMNI, and TPL
Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Nabors Industries (NBR), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and Texas Pacific Land (TPL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 104 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.52% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 0 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of -1.00 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 42.17%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.35%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Helmerich & Payne 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.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Helmerich & Payne's net margin of 4.07%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 13.21% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 28.6% 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. Patterson-UTI Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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