HP vs. PTEN, RIG, VAL, HPK, BORR, BEPC, VIST, NOG, CWEN, and ORA
Should you be buying Helmerich & Payne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helmerich & Payne include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Vista Energy (VIST), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Ormat Technologies (ORA). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.80%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $42.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.42%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 23.9% 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.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Helmerich & Payne. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 6 mentions for Helmerich & Payne. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helmerich & Payne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Helmerich & Payne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson-UTI Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 15.27% compared to Helmerich & Payne's net margin of 5.94%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 15.06% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 102 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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