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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

Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 20 more articles in the media than Baker Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 25 mentions for Baker Hughes. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Baker Hughes' score of 1.31 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Diamondback Energy
27 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Diamondback Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Baker Hughes$27.61B1.63$2.98B$3.0614.89
Diamondback Energy$11.07B3.90$3.34B$14.0710.60

Baker Hughes currently has a consensus target price of $52.29, indicating a potential upside of 14.76%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus target price of $193.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.61%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Baker Hughes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Baker Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baker Hughes11.04% 14.56% 6.53%
Diamondback Energy 27.25%9.48%5.63%

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Baker Hughes pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 28.4% 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. Baker Hughes has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Baker Hughes on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BKR vs. The Competition

MetricBaker HughesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$44.92B$5.75B$8.00B$9.84B
Dividend Yield2.07%2.98%10.85%4.02%
P/E Ratio14.8918.3274.7926.60
Price / Sales1.635.7225,809.29121.37
Price / Cash12.607.5136.0259.36
Price / Book2.511.994.116.67
Net Income$2.98B$411.58M$4.27B$265.59M
7 Day Performance4.83%6.58%3.27%3.42%
1 Month Performance-2.13%-1.57%1.41%1.09%
1 Year Performance30.32%5.10%11.27%23.85%

Baker Hughes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.6376 of 5 stars
$45.56
+1.7%
$52.29
+14.8%
+26.5%$44.92B$27.61B14.8957,000Positive News
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8611 of 5 stars
$139.52
-0.5%
$191.59
+37.3%
-24.5%$40.39B$11.07B9.921,983Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.1995 of 5 stars
$5.39
+0.2%
$8.27
+53.5%
-38.1%$2.08B$5.38B-1.959,200Positive News
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.0174 of 5 stars
$35.12
+0.4%
$38.92
+10.8%
+36.4%$14.44B$9.08B16.5725,304Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.9153 of 5 stars
$21.35
+1.1%
$31.00
+45.2%
-29.4%$18.20B$22.94B9.9848,000Positive News
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.4349 of 5 stars
$10.92
-0.5%
$15.05
+37.9%
-45.0%$1.77B$4.32B8.405,700
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6881 of 5 stars
$46.83
-0.2%
$67.60
+44.4%
-12.7%$5.83B$3.77B6.86290News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NOV
NOV
4.8189 of 5 stars
$12.35
+1.5%
$16.56
+34.1%
-26.6%$4.59B$8.87B10.1234,010
OII
Oceaneering International
3.1323 of 5 stars
$22.88
+2.2%
$28.25
+23.5%
-10.0%$2.29B$2.77B11.5610,400News Coverage
Positive News
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9466 of 5 stars
$33.29
+0.9%
$49.28
+48.0%
-20.1%$44.98B$36.29B11.40110,000News Coverage
Positive News
WHD
Cactus
4.0919 of 5 stars
$39.29
-1.1%
$50.75
+29.2%
-31.0%$3.14B$1.13B14.831,600News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BKR) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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