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$40.70 +0.99 (+2.49%)
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BKR vs. FANG, PTEN, FTI, HAL, MTDR, NOV, OII, PR, 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), Matador Resources (MTDR), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Permian Resources (PR), 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 risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Baker Hughes pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Diamondback Energy has raised 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.

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 30.84% compared to Baker Hughes' net margin of 10.51%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 14.70% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Baker Hughes10.51% 14.70% 6.47%
Diamondback Energy 30.84%11.22%6.53%

Baker Hughes presently has a consensus price target of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.16%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus price target of $193.35, suggesting a potential upside of 33.96%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

In the previous week, Baker Hughes and Baker Hughes both had 24 articles in the media. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.91 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
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Diamondback Energy
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Baker Hughes has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% 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$27.83B1.45$2.98B$2.9313.89
Diamondback Energy$11.07B3.81$3.34B$16.358.83

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Baker Hughes on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BKR vs. The Competition

MetricBaker HughesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.34B$5.33B$7.75B$9.11B
Dividend Yield2.32%2.95%10.94%4.01%
P/E Ratio13.8910.5163.9520.25
Price / Sales1.454.5421,195.6499.65
Price / Cash11.267.5136.4058.16
Price / Book2.361.773.765.49
Net Income$2.98B$397.37M$4.23B$250.27M
7 Day Performance2.73%1.01%0.74%4.80%
1 Month Performance5.36%1.84%2.51%7.68%
1 Year Performance17.97%-1.93%9.84%16.36%

Baker Hughes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.4842 of 5 stars
$40.70
+2.5%
$48.50
+19.2%
+17.9%$39.34B$27.83B13.8957,000Trending News
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9362 of 5 stars
$137.92
-2.1%
$193.13
+40.0%
-30.3%$40.30B$11.07B8.441,983Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.6012 of 5 stars
$6.17
-2.2%
$9.50
+54.0%
-35.7%$2.38B$5.38B-2.379,200Positive News
FTI
TechnipFMC
4.1264 of 5 stars
$34.79
-0.3%
$36.85
+5.9%
+32.3%$14.59B$9.08B18.3125,304Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HAL
Halliburton
4.8544 of 5 stars
$20.94
-2.7%
$33.53
+60.1%
-31.4%$18.00B$22.94B8.7648,000
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6553 of 5 stars
$49.10
-2.7%
$69.06
+40.7%
-14.9%$6.15B$3.50B6.59290News Coverage
Analyst Revision
NOV
NOV
4.7724 of 5 stars
$12.76
-2.4%
$17.38
+36.2%
-25.3%$4.79B$8.87B8.5134,010Trending News
Options Volume
OII
Oceaneering International
3.3206 of 5 stars
$20.87
-2.0%
$28.00
+34.2%
-12.7%$2.10B$2.66B11.7210,400Analyst Downgrade
PR
Permian Resources
4.7824 of 5 stars
$13.78
-2.0%
$18.33
+33.0%
-14.3%$11.07B$5.13B8.51220
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9204 of 5 stars
$34.98
-1.9%
$50.85
+45.4%
-19.1%$47.58B$36.29B11.86110,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WHD
Cactus
3.8065 of 5 stars
$43.92
-3.0%
$52.33
+19.2%
-15.1%$3.51B$1.13B15.631,600News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BKR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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