ChampionX (CHX) Competitors

Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, PTEN or CHX?

Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PTEN or CHX?

Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $8.27, suggesting a potential upside of 47.46%. ChampionX has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.98%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patterson-UTI Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
ChampionX	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PTEN or CHX a better dividend stock?

Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. ChampionX pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ChampionX pays out 25.2% 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. ChampionX has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PTEN or CHX?

97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of ChampionX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PTEN or CHX?

ChampionX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChampionX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Patterson-UTI Energy	$5.38B	0.40	-$968.03M	-$2.76	-2.03
ChampionX	$3.63B	1.36	$320.27M	$1.51	17.09

Is PTEN or CHX more profitable?

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.20% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.25% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patterson-UTI Energy	-21.49%	-1.94%	-1.16%
ChampionX	8.20%	19.25%	10.25%

Does the media prefer PTEN or CHX?

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 8 more articles in the media than ChampionX. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 0 mentions for ChampionX. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ChampionX's score of 0.00 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Patterson-UTI Energy	Positive
ChampionX	Neutral

Summary

ChampionX beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.