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

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

Patterson-UTI Energy announced 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 dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 4th. View Patterson-UTI Energy's Dividend History.

Patterson-UTI Energy declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 7th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.17) earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $670.28 million. Patterson-UTI Energy had a negative return on equity of 2.71% and a negative net margin of 11.64%. Patterson-UTI Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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.

Patterson-UTI Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Patterson-UTI Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $9.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Patterson-UTI Energy's stock price to reach $12.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Patterson-UTI Energy.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Patterson-UTI Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Patterson-UTI Energy.

News headlines about PTEN stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Patterson-UTI Energy earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Patterson-UTI Energy.

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Patterson-UTI Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (1.50%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.29%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.04%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.04%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Patterson-UTI Energy stock include Curtis W Huff, Janeen S Judah, 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Patterson-UTI Energy.

PTEN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PTEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.72.

Patterson-UTI Energy has a market capitalization of $1.56 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]