Compare Stocks: FET, PTEN, HAL, and NOV

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FET Forum Energy Technologies	$78.04 -4.2%	$58.89	$23.04 ▼ $87.42	$877.95M	0.53	200,822 shs	177,603 shs
HAL Halliburton	$35.69 +1.9%	$34.11	$20.83 ▼ $43.59	$29.73B	0.73	13.61 million shs	12.17 million shs
NOV NOV	$20.25 -2.1%	$19.56	$12.09 ▼ $21.67	$7.22B	0.92	4.47 million shs	3.36 million shs
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	$12.18 +1.0%	$10.10	$5.10 ▼ $13.08	$4.65B	0.63	10.03 million shs	5.74 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FET Forum Energy Technologies	-1.73%	-2.42%	+53.20%	+38.75%	+246.45%
HAL Halliburton	+0.80%	+5.21%	-0.43%	-16.61%	+66.07%
NOV NOV	-1.58%	-1.03%	+5.73%	-0.64%	+66.96%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	-0.58%	+9.44%	+19.41%	-1.23%	+124.16%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FET Forum Energy Technologies	$78.04 -4.2%	$58.89	$23.04 ▼ $87.42	$877.95M	0.53	200,822 shs	177,603 shs
HAL Halliburton	$35.69 +1.9%	$34.11	$20.83 ▼ $43.59	$29.73B	0.73	13.61 million shs	12.17 million shs
NOV NOV	$20.25 -2.1%	$19.56	$12.09 ▼ $21.67	$7.22B	0.92	4.47 million shs	3.36 million shs
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	$12.18 +1.0%	$10.10	$5.10 ▼ $13.08	$4.65B	0.63	10.03 million shs	5.74 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FET Forum Energy Technologies	-1.73%	-2.42%	+53.20%	+38.75%	+246.45%
HAL Halliburton	+0.80%	+5.21%	-0.43%	-16.61%	+66.07%
NOV NOV	-1.58%	-1.03%	+5.73%	-0.64%	+66.96%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	-0.58%	+9.44%	+19.41%	-1.23%	+124.16%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
FET Forum Energy Technologies	2.50	Moderate Buy	N/A	N/A
HAL Halliburton	2.68	Moderate Buy	$43.10	21.74% Upside
NOV NOV	2.31	Hold	$21.31	5.33% Upside
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	2.67	Moderate Buy	$12.95	7.02% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest FET, PTEN, HAL, and NOV Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/5/2026	PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$15.00 ➝ $16.00
8/4/2026	FET Forum Energy Technologies	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/3/2026	PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Positive	$12.00 ➝ $13.00
7/31/2026	NOV NOV	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$21.00 ➝ $20.00
7/31/2026	PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Neutral	$12.00
7/30/2026	NOV NOV	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Positive	$22.00 ➝ $24.00
7/30/2026	NOV NOV	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$25.00 ➝ $26.00
7/29/2026	PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/28/2026	NOV NOV	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/27/2026	HAL Halliburton	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$40.00 ➝ $39.00
7/23/2026	HAL Halliburton	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$45.00 ➝ $40.00

(Data available from 8/20/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
FET Forum Energy Technologies	$791.47M	1.11	$3.41 per share	22.79	$25.77 per share	3.02
HAL Halliburton	$22.18B	1.33	$3.90 per share	9.08	$13.27 per share	2.67
NOV NOV	$8.74B	0.82	$1.73 per share	11.67	$17.56 per share	1.15
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	$4.67B	0.99	$2.34 per share	5.16	$8.15 per share	1.48

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
FET Forum Energy Technologies	-$9.66M	-$0.15	N/A	16.17	2.61	-0.19%	9.45%	3.58%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
HAL Halliburton	$1.28B	$1.91	18.53	12.12	2.17	7.16%	18.71%	7.89%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
NOV NOV	$145M	$0.26	77.81	15.33	N/A	1.10%	3.44%	1.94%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	-$93.64M	-$0.23	N/A	41.72	N/A	-1.92%	-1.68%	-0.98%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest FET, PTEN, HAL, and NOV Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	FET Forum Energy Technologies	$0.5650	$1.16	+$0.5950	$1.05	$212.35 million	$226.22 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	NOV NOV	$0.1664	$0.31	+$0.1436	$0.31	$2.08 billion	$2.13 billion
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	HAL Halliburton	$0.5380	$0.55	+$0.0120	$0.64	$5.50 billion	$5.71 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
FET Forum Energy Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HAL Halliburton	$0.68	1.92%	+16.27%	35.60%	4 Years
NOV NOV	$0.36	1.78%	+59.12%	138.46%	1 Years
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	$0.40	3.31%	+26.19%	N/A	N/A

Latest FET, PTEN, HAL, and NOV Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/18/2026	NOV NOV	quarterly	$0.09	1.74%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	9/25/2026
7/29/2026	PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	quarterly	$0.10	4.29%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
5/20/2026	NOV NOV	special	$0.09	1.7%	6/12/2026	6/12/2026	6/26/2026
5/21/2026	NOV NOV	special	$0.09	1.73%	6/12/2026	6/12/2026	6/26/2026
5/21/2026	HAL Halliburton	quarterly	$0.17	1.65%	6/3/2026	6/3/2026	6/24/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
FET Forum Energy Technologies	0.49	2.19	1.13
HAL Halliburton	0.64	2.02	1.50
NOV NOV	0.27	2.42	1.61
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	0.40	1.75	1.57

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
FET Forum Energy Technologies	65.60%
HAL Halliburton	85.23%
NOV NOV	93.27%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	97.91%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
FET Forum Energy Technologies	7.70%
HAL Halliburton	0.57%
NOV NOV	1.15%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	2.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
FET Forum Energy Technologies	1,700	11.25 million	10.38 million	Optionable
HAL Halliburton	46,000	833.13 million	828.38 million	Optionable
NOV NOV	31,605	356.48 million	352.38 million	Optionable
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy	7,900	381.39 million	373.00 million	Optionable

FET, PTEN, HAL, and NOV Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. Makes New $13.59 Million Investment in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. $PTEN

August 20 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Traders Purchase Large Volume of Patterson-UTI Energy Call Options (NASDAQ:PTEN)

August 18 at 4:03 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Patterson-UTI Energy Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NASDAQ:PTEN)

August 17 at 10:59 AM | marketbeat.com

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Patterson-UTI and Cactus

August 17 at 8:25 AM | finance.yahoo.com

100,000 Shares in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. $PTEN Bought by Monaco Asset Management SAM

August 17 at 6:32 AM | marketbeat.com

Q3 Earnings Estimate for PTEN Issued By Zacks Research

August 16, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of PTEN Q2 Earnings

August 15, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Patterson-UTI Reports Drilling Activity for July 2026

August 14, 2026 | accessnewswire.comA

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August 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

August 14, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

August 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Q2 EPS Estimate for Patterson-UTI Energy Boosted by Analyst

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Boosts Position in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. $PTEN

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) Trading Up 9.3% - Time to Buy?

August 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Does Patterson-UTI (PTEN) Have the Potential to Rally 37.91% as Wall Street Analysts Expect?

August 7, 2026 | zacks.com

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August 7, 2026 | zacks.com

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. $PTEN Position Raised by Quantinno Capital Management LP

August 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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August 6, 2026 | zacks.com

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FET, PTEN, HAL, and NOV Company Descriptions

Forum Energy Technologies NYSE:FET

$78.04 -3.38 (-4.15%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$78.55 +0.51 (+0.65%)

As of 06:02 PM Eastern

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes products serving the oil, natural gas, industrial, and renewable energy industries in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Drilling & Downhole, Completions, and Production. The Drilling & Downhole segment designs, manufactures, and supplies products, and provides related services to the drilling, well construction, artificial lift, and subsea energy construction and services markets, including applications in oil and natural gas, renewable energy, defense, and communications. This segment offers drilling technologies consisting of capital equipment and a line of products consumed in the drilling process; well construction casing and cementing equipment, and products for artificial lift equipment and cables; and subsea remotely operated vehicles and trenchers, submarine rescue vehicles, specialty components and tools, and technical services. The Completions segment offers hydraulic fracturing pumps, cooling systems, high-pressure flexible hoses, and flow iron for pressure pumping markets; wireline cable and pressure control equipment for well completion and intervention service markets; and coiled tubing strings and coiled line pipe and related services. The Production segment designs, manufactures, and supplies products, and provides related equipment and services for production and infrastructure markets. This segment offers engineered process systems, production equipment, specialty separation equipment, and various industrial valves for oil and natural gas customers, power generation, renewable energy, and other general industrial applications. The company was formerly known as Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. in August 2010. Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Halliburton NYSE:HAL

$35.69 +0.67 (+1.91%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$35.66 -0.03 (-0.07%)

As of 06:42 PM Eastern

Halliburton Company provides products and services to the energy industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services that include stimulation and sand control services; cementing services, such as well bonding and casing, and casing equipment; and completion tools that offer downhole solutions and services, including well completion products and services, intelligent well completions, and service tools, as well as liner hanger, sand control, and multilateral systems. This segment also provides electrical submersible pumps, as well as artificial lift services; production solutions comprising coiled tubing, hydraulic workover units, downhole tools, and pumping and nitrogen services; pipeline and process services, such as pre-commissioning, commissioning, maintenance, and decommissioning; and specialty chemicals and services. The Drilling and Evaluation segment offers drilling fluid systems, performance additives, completion fluids, solids control, specialized testing equipment, and waste management services; drilling systems and services; wireline and perforating services consists of open-hole logging, and cased-hole and slickline; and drill bits and services comprising roller cone rock bits, fixed cutter bits, hole enlargement, and related downhole tools and services, as well as coring equipment and services. This segment also provides cloud based digital services and artificial intelligence solutions on an open architecture for subsurface insights, integrated well construction, and reservoir and production management; testing and subsea services, such as acquisition and analysis of reservoir information and optimization solutions; and project management and integrated asset management services. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is based in Houston, Texas.

NOV NYSE:NOV

$20.25 -0.44 (-2.13%)

Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$20.39 +0.14 (+0.69%)

As of 05:39 PM Eastern

NOV Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Energy Equipment, and Energy Products and Services. The company provides solids control and waste management equipment and services, managed pressure drilling, drilling fluids, premium drillpipe, wired pipe, drilling optimization services, tubular inspection and coating services, instrumentation, downhole tools, and drill bits. It also offers equipment and technologies for hydraulic fracture stimulation, including downhole multistage fracturing tools, pressure pumping trucks, blenders, sanders, hydration and injection units, flowline, and manifolds; coiled tubing units, and wireline units and tools; connections and liner hangers; onshore production consists of composite pipe, surface transfer and progressive cavity pumps, and artificial lift systems; and offshore production, such as floating production systems and subsea production technologies, as well as manufactures industrial pumps and mixers. In addition, the company provides substructures, derricks, and masts; cranes; jacking systems; pipe lifting, racking, rotating, and assembly systems; mud pumps; pressure control equipment; drives and generators; rig instrumentation and control systems; mooring, anchor, and deck handling machinery; equipment components for offshore wind construction vessels; and pipelay and construction systems. Further, the company offers spare parts, repair, and rentals as well as comprehensive remote equipment monitoring, technical support, field service, and customer training. The company was formerly known as National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and changed its name to NOV Inc. in January 2021. NOV Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Patterson-UTI Energy NASDAQ:PTEN

$12.18 +0.12 (+1.00%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$12.19 +0.01 (+0.09%)

As of 06:23 PM Eastern

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of contract drilling services to oil and natural gas operators in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Drilling Services, Completion Services, and Drilling Products. The Contract Drilling Services segment provides contract and directional drilling services in onshore oil and natural gas basins, as well as engages in the service and re-certification of equipment for drilling contractors, and provision of electrical controls and automation to the energy, marine and mining industries. The Completion Services segment offers services for hydraulic fracturing, wireline and pumping, completion support, and cementing; and involved in the power solutions natural gas fueling, and logistics and storage businesses. The Drilling Products segment manufactures and distributes drill bits for energy and mining markets. It also provides software and services, such as MWD Survey FDIR, a data analytics technology to analyze MWD survey data in real-time and identify the position of a well; HiFi Nav, which enhances FDIR by targeting improved vertical placement of the directional well within the reservoir; HiFi Guidance, utilizes trajectory optimization to determine optimal steering recommendations and placement within the reservoir; and rents oilfield tools. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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