HP vs. PTEN, RIG, VAL, HPK, WHD, ERF, BEPC, VIST, NOG, and ORA
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), Cactus (WHD), Enerplus (ERF), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Vista Energy (VIST), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), and Ormat Technologies (ORA). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 102 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.26% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus price target of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 43.70%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $42.63, indicating a potential upside of 5.53%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 31.7% 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.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 12 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.29 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Helmerich & Payne's net margin of 5.94%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 13.21% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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