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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

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

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Chord Energy and 10 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Chord Energy's score of 1.04 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Helmerich & Payne
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term 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
Chord Energy5.02% 9.02% 5.97%
Helmerich & Payne -0.90%5.81%2.67%

Chord Energy presently has a consensus target price of $148.92, indicating a potential upside of 35.83%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $22.20, indicating a potential upside of 10.72%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.

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
Helmerich & Payne
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92

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
Chord Energy$5.25B1.20$848.63M$3.9327.90
Helmerich & Payne$2.76B0.72$344.17M-$0.33-60.76

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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. Helmerich & Payne pays out -303.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Helmerich & Payne is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HP vs. The Competition

MetricHelmerich & PayneOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.00B$2.37B$8.00B$21.27B
Dividend Yield5.28%4.60%10.85%3.52%
P/E Ratio-60.848.6674.6629.31
Price / Sales0.721.1325,855.7553.31
Price / Cash2.464.0136.0223.64
Price / Book0.700.984.075.38
Net Income$344.17M$36.81M$4.27B$996.59M
7 Day Performance12.04%8.34%3.22%2.96%
1 Month Performance14.51%5.86%1.38%2.79%
1 Year Performance-38.57%-13.27%11.28%12.68%

Helmerich & Payne Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.108 of 5 stars
$20.05
+1.4%
$22.20
+10.7%
-40.7%$2.00B$2.76B-60.846,200Positive News
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.1824 of 5 stars
$107.04
+1.0%
$148.92
+39.1%
-26.4%$6.13B$5.25B27.24530Positive News
Insider Trade
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.1995 of 5 stars
$5.76
-0.9%
$8.27
+43.6%
-38.1%$2.22B$5.02B-2.099,200Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.9153 of 5 stars
$22.35
+0.4%
$32.05
+43.4%
-29.4%$19.06B$22.94B10.4448,000
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.4349 of 5 stars
$11.26
-1.2%
$15.05
+33.7%
-45.0%$1.82B$4.32B8.665,700
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.6843 of 5 stars
$373.34
-1.4%
$476.29
+27.6%
-26.9%$7.20B$20.24B15.4617,200Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.1536 of 5 stars
$35.80
-0.7%
$42.13
+17.7%
-54.7%$563.49M$2.97B-2.5512,400Analyst Forecast
PUMP
ProPetro
3.6574 of 5 stars
$4.96
+0.7%
$8.80
+77.6%
-40.2%$515.17M$1.44B-3.371,900Positive News
RES
RPC
2.5482 of 5 stars
$4.74
-0.5%
$4.69
-1.0%
-26.6%$1.04B$1.42B18.212,597News Coverage
WHD
Cactus
4.1029 of 5 stars
$41.66
-1.6%
$50.75
+21.8%
-31.0%$3.33B$1.12B15.721,600News Coverage
VAL
Valaris
2.6132 of 5 stars
$49.20
+0.1%
$46.20
-6.1%
-21.7%$3.50B$2.36B12.815,642News Coverage
Positive News

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