HPK vs. PTEN, NBR, HP, BORR, PDS, RIG, VAL, PAGP, SPWR, and ETRN
Should you be buying HighPeak Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HighPeak Energy include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Nabors Industries (NBR), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Borr Drilling (BORR), Precision Drilling (PDS), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), Plains GP (PAGP), SunPower (SPWR), and Equitrans Midstream (ETRN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
HighPeak Energy vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
96.6% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 88.6% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HighPeak Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. HighPeak Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson-UTI Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 761 more outperform votes than HighPeak Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote while only 62.57% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HighPeak Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HighPeak Energy pays out 5.4% 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. Patterson-UTI Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $21.05, indicating a potential upside of 81.31%. HighPeak Energy has a consensus target price of $38.75, indicating a potential upside of 84.09%. Given HighPeak Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HighPeak Energy is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
HighPeak Energy has a net margin of 31.34% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of 5.84%. HighPeak Energy's return on equity of 30.92% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 7 more articles in the media than HighPeak Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 1 mentions for HighPeak Energy. HighPeak Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 1.00 indicating that HighPeak Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
HighPeak Energy beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
HighPeak Energy Competitors List
