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HP vs. CHRD, PTEN, HAL, LBRT, MUSA, NBR, PUMP, RES, WHD, and VAL

Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Chord Energy (CHRD), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Murphy USA (MUSA), Nabors Industries (NBR), ProPetro (PUMP), RPC (RES), Cactus (WHD), and Valaris (VAL).

Helmerich & Payne vs. Its Competitors

Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Chord Energy and 23 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.81 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Helmerich & Payne
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chord Energy
14 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne 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
Helmerich & Payne$2.76B0.79$344.17M-$0.33-66.12
Chord Energy$5.25B1.16$848.63M$3.9327.08

Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Helmerich & Payne pays out -303.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Chord Energy has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Helmerich & Payne's net margin of -0.90%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 9.02% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Helmerich & Payne-0.90% 5.81% 2.67%
Chord Energy 5.02%9.02%5.97%

Helmerich & Payne presently has a consensus target price of $22.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.74%. Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $148.25, suggesting a potential upside of 39.31%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helmerich & Payne
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92
Chord Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Summary

Chord Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HP vs. The Competition

MetricHelmerich & PayneOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.08B$2.42B$7.79B$21.51B
Dividend Yield4.78%4.55%10.77%3.50%
P/E Ratio-66.129.1840.0729.83
Price / Sales0.791.18930.3153.44
Price / Cash2.714.1836.1824.76
Price / Book0.741.033.964.53
Net Income$344.17M$36.93M$4.28B$998.53M
7 Day Performance8.94%4.02%1.97%1.07%
1 Month Performance23.49%14.99%4.26%4.41%
1 Year Performance-29.36%-4.41%16.42%14.45%

Helmerich & Payne Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HP
Helmerich & Payne
3.5699 of 5 stars
$21.82
+4.4%
$22.20
+1.7%
-29.7%$2.08B$2.76B-66.126,200Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.2834 of 5 stars
$102.31
-1.8%
$147.33
+44.0%
-23.7%$5.86B$5.25B26.03530News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.9664 of 5 stars
$5.41
-2.3%
$7.90
+46.0%
-31.6%$2.08B$5.02B-1.969,200Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8392 of 5 stars
$21.80
-1.9%
$32.05
+47.0%
-21.8%$18.59B$22.94B10.1948,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.4867 of 5 stars
$10.89
+1.9%
$15.05
+38.2%
-43.8%$1.76B$4.32B8.385,700
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.3916 of 5 stars
$395.38
+1.3%
$476.29
+20.5%
-25.9%$7.63B$20.24B16.3717,200Positive News
Short Interest ↑
NBR
Nabors Industries
1.7128 of 5 stars
$41.69
-1.6%
$43.00
+3.1%
-33.4%$656.22M$2.97B-2.9712,400Insider Trade
PUMP
ProPetro
3.5689 of 5 stars
$4.69
+0.6%
$7.80
+66.3%
-35.8%$487.62M$1.44B-3.191,900
RES
RPC
3.3048 of 5 stars
$4.48
+0.1%
$4.69
+4.7%
-22.6%$987.05M$1.42B17.212,597Positive News
WHD
Cactus
4.3231 of 5 stars
$39.86
-0.2%
$50.75
+27.3%
-29.3%$3.19B$1.12B15.041,600
VAL
Valaris
2.0162 of 5 stars
$51.79
-0.5%
$48.19
-7.0%
-4.8%$3.69B$2.36B13.495,642Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision

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