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

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% 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. Chord Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Helmerich & Payne. Chord 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
Chord Energy$5.25B1.18$848.63M$14.957.18
Helmerich & Payne$2.76B0.62$344.17M$2.197.80

Chord Energy has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Helmerich & Payne's net margin of 7.15%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 10.34% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chord Energy16.15% 10.34% 6.91%
Helmerich & Payne 7.15%8.25%4.16%

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 2 more articles in the media than Chord Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 12 mentions for Chord Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.31 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Helmerich & Payne
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Chord Energy currently has a consensus target price of $150.69, suggesting a potential upside of 40.42%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $26.09, suggesting a potential upside of 52.82%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Chord Energy.

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)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

Summary

Chord Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 15 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HP vs. The Competition

MetricHelmerich & PayneOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.70B$2.21B$7.58B$20.52B
Dividend Yield6.23%4.78%10.98%3.78%
P/E Ratio7.806.0964.0327.79
Price / Sales0.621.0722,253.0540.34
Price / Cash2.085.3836.2522.26
Price / Book0.580.823.684.58
Net Income$344.17M$36.81M$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.97%2.94%0.80%0.41%
1 Month Performance-3.15%5.95%3.83%3.59%
1 Year Performance-52.16%-7.03%101.61%14.47%

Helmerich & Payne Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.6909 of 5 stars
$17.07
-1.1%
$26.09
+52.8%
-51.4%$1.70B$2.76B7.806,200
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.8453 of 5 stars
$96.85
-1.9%
$152.54
+57.5%
-36.3%$5.59B$5.25B6.48530
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.4067 of 5 stars
$5.93
+0.3%
$9.50
+60.2%
-32.2%$2.29B$5.38B-2.289,200
HAL
Halliburton
4.8428 of 5 stars
$20.37
-1.0%
$33.58
+64.8%
-33.3%$17.51B$22.94B8.5248,000
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.7083 of 5 stars
$11.51
-0.9%
$17.23
+49.7%
-36.6%$1.86B$4.32B7.625,700
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.8368 of 5 stars
$406.17
-0.4%
$526.29
+29.6%
-10.0%$8.03B$20.24B17.1317,200
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.8994 of 5 stars
$28.16
+0.9%
$42.86
+52.2%
-50.8%$442.11M$2.97B-1.8012,400
PUMP
ProPetro
2.6191 of 5 stars
$5.98
+0.2%
$9.75
+63.0%
-18.2%$621.38M$1.44B-4.181,900Gap Down
RES
RPC
2.8238 of 5 stars
$4.73
-0.4%
$5.75
+21.6%
-7.9%$1.04B$1.42B13.142,597News Coverage
WHD
Cactus
3.9775 of 5 stars
$43.76
-1.3%
$52.33
+19.6%
-10.4%$3.49B$1.14B15.571,600News Coverage
VAL
Valaris
1.4486 of 5 stars
$42.14
+0.7%
$49.67
+17.9%
-33.2%$2.99B$2.36B9.895,642Trending News

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