HP vs. PTEN, NBR, VAL, RIG, SDRL, HPK, PDS, BORR, AMNI, and CWEN
Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Nabors Industries (NBR), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Seadrill (SDRL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and Clearway Energy (CWEN). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Helmerich & Payne vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.22%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $27.73, suggesting a potential upside of 46.74%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 118 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 45.7% 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.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 12 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.42 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 11.02% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -18.00%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 11.31% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy and Helmerich & Payne tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HP) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
