PTEN vs. HP, OMP, NBR, VAL, RIG, HPK, BORR, PDS, ICD, and AMNI
Should you be buying Patterson-UTI Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Patterson-UTI Energy include Helmerich & Payne (HP), Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP), Nabors Industries (NBR), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Precision Drilling (PDS), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), and American Noble Gas (AMNI). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Helmerich & Payne has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Helmerich & Payne pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 47.1% 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.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 1 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.62 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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.
Helmerich & Payne currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.58%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 42.42%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne 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.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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