SDRL vs. HP, PTEN, RIG, VAL, HPK, PDS, PAGP, CNX, LBRT, and CRC
Should you be buying Seadrill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seadrill include Helmerich & Payne (HP), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Plains GP (PAGP), CNX Resources (CNX), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and California Resources (CRC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) and Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Seadrill shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by company 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.
Helmerich & Payne received 185 more outperform votes than Seadrill when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.98% of users gave Seadrill an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Helmerich & Payne currently has a consensus price target of $42.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.68%. Seadrill has a consensus price target of $68.25, indicating a potential upside of 39.70%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Seadrill is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Helmerich & Payne has higher revenue and earnings than Seadrill. Helmerich & Payne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seadrill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 18 more articles in the media than Seadrill. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 0 mentions for Seadrill. Seadrill's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.00 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Seadrill has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Seadrill's net margin of 12.84%. Seadrill's return on equity of 13.21% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seadrill has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne and Seadrill tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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