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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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Helmerich & Payne currently has a consensus price target of $24.20, indicating a potential upside of 1.68%. Chord Energy has a consensus price target of $138.38, indicating a potential upside of 54.51%. 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
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93
Chord Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Chord Energy and 4 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Chord Energy's score of 1.07 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Helmerich & Payne
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Chord Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock 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
Helmerich & Payne-0.90% 5.81% 2.67%
Chord Energy 5.02%9.02%5.97%

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$2.76B0.86$344.17M-$0.33-72.12
Chord Energy$5.25B0.98$848.63M$3.9322.79

Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. 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.

Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 16 of the 19 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$2.36B$2.36B$7.83B$21.90B
Dividend Yield4.24%4.44%10.88%3.61%
P/E Ratio-71.796.7815.6532.70
Price / Sales0.861.101,508.0689.75
Price / Cash3.063.9936.6024.48
Price / Book0.810.904.434.64
Net Income$344.17M$36.17M$4.26B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.95%2.53%-1.41%-0.31%
1 Month Performance11.89%2.46%-0.28%-0.21%
1 Year Performance-31.09%-3.69%14.26%11.08%

Helmerich & Payne Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HP
Helmerich & Payne
3.228 of 5 stars
$23.80
+2.1%
$24.20
+1.7%
-33.1%$2.36B$2.76B-71.796,200Positive News
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.2568 of 5 stars
$89.70
0.0%
$138.38
+54.3%
-31.4%$5.14B$5.25B22.82530Positive News
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.9726 of 5 stars
$5.77
+4.7%
$7.80
+35.2%
-23.7%$2.22B$5.38B-2.099,200News Coverage
Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.75 of 5 stars
$22.63
+1.6%
$30.26
+33.7%
-10.6%$19.30B$22.94B10.5848,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.6248 of 5 stars
$15.91
+3.8%
$14.75
-7.3%
-9.2%$2.58B$4.32B14.205,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.8307 of 5 stars
$372.11
-3.9%
$477.33
+28.3%
-22.5%$7.18B$20.24B15.4117,200Upcoming Earnings
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.164 of 5 stars
$40.97
+2.7%
$44.63
+8.9%
-45.1%$644.87M$2.97B-2.9112,400Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
PUMP
ProPetro
3.6782 of 5 stars
$5.81
+4.8%
$6.80
+17.1%
-23.0%$603.55M$1.44B-3.951,900Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
RES
RPC
2.6421 of 5 stars
$4.49
+3.3%
$4.69
+4.5%
-29.0%$989.26M$1.42B17.252,597News Coverage
WHD
Cactus
4.5176 of 5 stars
$37.30
+1.9%
$51.67
+38.5%
-36.6%$2.98B$1.13B14.071,600Upcoming Earnings
VAL
Valaris
2.0432 of 5 stars
$48.93
+1.2%
$48.69
-0.5%
-5.7%$3.48B$2.46B12.745,642Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up

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