HP vs. PTEN, RIG, VAL, HPK, PDS, CNX, PAGP, LBRT, WHD, and ERF
Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), CNX Resources (CNX), Plains GP (PAGP), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Cactus (WHD), and Enerplus (ERF). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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.
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.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of 4.07%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 13.21% beat Patterson-UTI Energy'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.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 2 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.49 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helmerich & Payne currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.67%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.04%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
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.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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