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$5.49 +0.10 (+1.86%)
Closing price 09/23/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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PTEN vs. CHRD, HAL, HP, LBRT, MTDR, MUR, NBR, PUMP, RES, and VAL

Should you be buying Patterson-UTI Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Patterson-UTI Energy include Chord Energy (CHRD), Halliburton (HAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), ProPetro (PUMP), RPC (RES), and Valaris (VAL). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Patterson-UTI Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

Chord Energy has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 9.02% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chord Energy5.02% 9.02% 5.97%
Patterson-UTI Energy -21.49%-1.94%-1.16%

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.96 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy
10 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Patterson-UTI Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy$5.30B1.10$848.63M$3.9325.96
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.39-$968.03M-$2.76-1.99

Chord Energy presently has a consensus price target of $147.15, suggesting a potential upside of 44.23%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $7.90, suggesting a potential upside of 43.90%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chord Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Patterson-UTI Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PTEN vs. The Competition

MetricPatterson-UTI EnergyOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.08B$2.32B$7.87B$10.50B
Dividend Yield5.94%4.72%10.79%4.57%
P/E Ratio-1.998.6740.4126.62
Price / Sales0.391.111,221.7991.77
Price / Cash1.014.0336.5461.85
Price / Book0.620.994.176.45
Net Income-$968.03M$36.93M$4.28B$271.57M
7 Day Performance0.18%-1.04%1.58%2.61%
1 Month Performance-5.51%5.92%4.41%7.28%
1 Year Performance-33.62%-9.29%16.20%29.60%

Patterson-UTI Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.107 of 5 stars
$5.49
+1.9%
$7.90
+43.9%
-35.6%$2.08B$5.38B-1.999,200
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.1421 of 5 stars
$100.26
-0.1%
$147.15
+46.8%
-25.7%$5.75B$5.25B25.51530
HAL
Halliburton
4.838 of 5 stars
$22.65
+0.6%
$31.37
+38.5%
-19.0%$19.19B$22.94B10.5848,000Trending News
Options Volume
HP
Helmerich & Payne
3.8048 of 5 stars
$21.27
+3.6%
$23.00
+8.1%
-33.9%$2.04B$2.76B-64.456,200Analyst Upgrade
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.4842 of 5 stars
$11.70
+6.8%
$15.05
+28.7%
-42.3%$1.77B$4.32B9.005,700Positive News
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3304 of 5 stars
$45.90
+1.0%
$67.27
+46.6%
-10.9%$5.66B$3.50B6.72290Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.4339 of 5 stars
$27.14
+2.3%
$29.54
+8.8%
-21.7%$3.79B$3.03B14.06690
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.1862 of 5 stars
$38.98
+3.6%
$44.00
+12.9%
-42.1%$592.02M$2.97B-2.7712,400Analyst Forecast
PUMP
ProPetro
3.7879 of 5 stars
$4.94
+1.9%
$7.80
+57.9%
-39.0%$504.24M$1.44B-3.361,900
RES
RPC
3.2998 of 5 stars
$4.53
+0.4%
$4.69
+3.5%
-30.2%$994.75M$1.42B17.422,597
VAL
Valaris
1.9572 of 5 stars
$50.17
-0.3%
$48.19
-3.9%
-9.2%$3.58B$2.36B13.065,642

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This page (NASDAQ:PTEN) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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