NASDAQ:PTEN - Patterson-UTI Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis

Patterson-UTI Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PTEN."

Patterson-UTI Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $0.04 per share on Thursday, September 19th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 4th. View Patterson-UTI Energy's Dividend History.

Patterson-UTI Energy declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.17) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.21) by $0.04. The oil and gas company had revenue of $675.77 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $670.28 million. Patterson-UTI Energy had a negative net margin of 11.64% and a negative return on equity of 2.71%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.05) EPS. View Patterson-UTI Energy's Earnings History.

Patterson-UTI Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Patterson-UTI Energy.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Patterson-UTI Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $9.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect Patterson-UTI Energy's stock price to reach $14.6786 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 72.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Patterson-UTI Energy.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson-UTI Energy in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Patterson-UTI Energy.

Media headlines about PTEN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Patterson-UTI Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Patterson-UTI Energy.

Patterson-UTI Energy saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,522,600 shares, a drop of 6.5% from the June 30th total of 15,538,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 6.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Patterson-UTI Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Patterson-UTI Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.72%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.46%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.14%), AQR Capital Management LLC (3.32%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.23%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.20%). Company insiders that own Patterson-UTI Energy stock include Curtis W Huff, Terry H Hunt and Tiffany J Thom. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Patterson-UTI Energy.

PTEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Van ECK Associates Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., BlackRock Inc., Scout Investments Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson-UTI Energy.

PTEN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Prudential PLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC and Natixis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson-UTI Energy.

Shares of PTEN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PTEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.49.

Patterson-UTI Energy has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion and generates $3.33 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $-321,420,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.34) on an earnings per share basis. Patterson-UTI Energy employs 8,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Patterson-UTI Energy.

The official website for Patterson-UTI Energy is http://www.patenergy.com/.

Patterson-UTI Energy's mailing address is 10713 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY NORTH SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX, 77064. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 281-765-7100 or via email at [email protected]