HP vs. PTEN, NBR, VAL, RIG, HPK, BORR, BSM, SM, ARRY, and BE
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), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Borr Drilling (BORR), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), SM Energy (SM), Array Technologies (ARRY), and Bloom Energy (BE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Helmerich & Payne vs.
Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
96.6% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Helmerich & Payne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus target price of $16.36, suggesting a potential upside of 41.25%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus target price of $52.10, suggesting a potential upside of 48.73%. Given Helmerich & Payne's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.
Patterson-UTI Energy received 90 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 55.14% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 32.9% 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. Patterson-UTI Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Patterson-UTI Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Helmerich & Payne. 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.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 8 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 15 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Helmerich & Payne's score of 0.36 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.15% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of 9.66%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 16.59% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Helmerich & Payne on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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