HP vs. PTEN, NBR, VAL, RIG, SDRL, HPK, PDS, BORR, AMNI, and ENLC
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 EnLink Midstream (ENLC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Helmerich & Payne vs. Its Competitors
Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 5 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 5 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.32 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Helmerich & Payne presently has a consensus target price of $27.45, suggesting a potential upside of 68.15%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.28%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 118 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 53.73% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
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.
Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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.
96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 7.15% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -19.78%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 8.25% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.
Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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