BKR vs. FANG, PTEN, FTI, HAL, LBRT, MTDR, NOV, OII, SLB, and WHD
Should you be buying Baker Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baker Hughes include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), TechnipFMC (FTI), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Matador Resources (MTDR), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Schlumberger (SLB), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Baker Hughes vs. Its Competitors
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 6 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Baker Hughes and 27 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.84 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Diamondback Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes pays out 30.1% 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. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Baker Hughes has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Diamondback Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baker Hughes. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baker Hughes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 27.25% compared to Baker Hughes' net margin of 11.04%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 14.56% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus target price of $193.39, suggesting a potential upside of 36.02%. Baker Hughes has a consensus target price of $52.32, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Baker Hughes.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Baker Hughes on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:BKR) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
