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$15.22 -0.89 (-5.55%)
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HP vs. PTEN, NBR, VAL, RIG, SDRL, HPK, PDS, BORR, AMNI, and NXT

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 Nextracker (NXT). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Helmerich & Payne vs.

Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 4 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 16 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.47 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Helmerich & Payne
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Patterson-UTI Energy
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Helmerich & Payne currently has a consensus target price of $28.80, suggesting a potential upside of 89.27%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $9.82, suggesting a potential upside of 75.64%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Helmerich & Payne
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Patterson-UTI Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Helmerich & Payne11.02% 11.31% 6.35%
Patterson-UTI Energy -18.00%0.81%0.51%

Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Helmerich & Payne pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -12.3% 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.

Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Helmerich & Payne has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Helmerich & Payne$3.08B0.49$344.17M$2.196.95
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.15B0.42-$968.03M-$2.60-2.15

Patterson-UTI Energy received 117 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Helmerich & PayneOutperform Votes
699
53.85%
Underperform Votes
599
46.15%
Patterson-UTI EnergyOutperform Votes
816
62.20%
Underperform Votes
496
37.80%

96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Helmerich & Payne beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HP vs. The Competition

MetricHelmerich & PayneDrilling oil & gas wells IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.60B$705.21M$7.29B$19.41B
Dividend Yield5.95%6.35%10.95%3.83%
P/E Ratio5.014.6654.3534.23
Price / Sales0.492.7923,751.1234.85
Price / Cash3.513.2835.5017.51
Price / Book0.510.553.534.69
Net Income$344.17M-$266.07M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-16.12%-5.52%-0.69%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-23.17%0.19%6.68%7.46%
1 Year Performance-59.39%-21.26%176.04%3.96%

Helmerich & Payne Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.478 of 5 stars
$15.22
-5.5%
$28.80
+89.3%
-60.8%$1.60B$3.08B5.016,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.4662 of 5 stars
$6.32
+5.5%
$10.32
+63.3%
-51.3%$2.44B$5.15B-2.566,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NBR
Nabors Industries
3.4515 of 5 stars
$31.50
+8.1%
$61.17
+94.2%
-68.8%$302.53M$2.93B-1.4112,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
VAL
Valaris
3.6065 of 5 stars
$39.86
+4.3%
$49.17
+23.3%
-53.0%$2.83B$2.46B7.765,450Gap Up
RIG
Transocean
4.7584 of 5 stars
$2.78
+6.3%
$4.63
+66.8%
-60.1%$2.45B$3.67B-3.805,340Analyst Revision
SDRL
Seadrill
4.1562 of 5 stars
$24.59
+2.7%
$55.20
+124.5%
-55.3%$1.53B$1.39B4.283,220Positive News
HPK
HighPeak Energy
3.4945 of 5 stars
$9.94
+8.8%
$11.50
+15.7%
-39.6%$1.25B$1.07B7.8330Gap Up
PDS
Precision Drilling
3.3513 of 5 stars
$44.56
+5.5%
$112.00
+151.3%
-42.1%$602.59M$1.87B8.283,350Positive News
Gap Up
BORR
Borr Drilling
3.8738 of 5 stars
$1.90
+2.4%
$9.00
+374.9%
-73.2%$453.49M$1.01B5.92520News Coverage
Earnings Report
AMNI
American Noble Gas
N/A$0.01
flat
N/AN/A$219,000.00$120,000.000.003
NXT
Nextracker
2.3822 of 5 stars
$50.63
+8.8%
$55.70
+10.0%
+23.0%$7.37B$2.77B12.881,050Analyst Forecast

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