RIG vs. PTEN, HP, VAL, HPK, BEPC, NOG, SSL, VIST, ERF, and WHD
Should you be buying Transocean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transocean include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Sasol (SSL), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a net margin of 5.94% compared to Transocean's net margin of -13.27%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 10.00% beat Transocean's return on equity.
In the previous week, Transocean had 4 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Transocean and 15 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Transocean's score of 0.29 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Transocean has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Transocean. Transocean 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.
Transocean currently has a consensus price target of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 46.11%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 53.97%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Transocean.
Transocean received 120 more outperform votes than Patterson-UTI Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.26% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.
67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Transocean on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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