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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:HP) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff