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LBRT vs. PTEN, HAL, HP, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NBR, PUMP, RES, and WHD

Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), ProPetro (PUMP), RPC (RES), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Liberty Energy vs. Its Competitors

Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Liberty Energy has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 6.01% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Patterson-UTI Energy-21.49% -1.94% -1.16%
Liberty Energy 5.29%6.01%3.58%

Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liberty Energy pays out 24.6% 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. Liberty Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus price target of $8.27, indicating a potential upside of 42.39%. Liberty Energy has a consensus price target of $15.05, indicating a potential upside of 32.32%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Patterson-UTI Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Liberty Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.02B0.45-$968.03M-$2.76-2.11
Liberty Energy$4.32B0.43$316.01M$1.308.75

In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 17 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Liberty Energy and 8 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Liberty Energy's score of 0.54 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Patterson-UTI Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty Energy
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Liberty Energy beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 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

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LBRT vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.84B$5.62B$7.82B$21.21B
Dividend Yield2.81%2.96%10.92%3.53%
P/E Ratio8.7518.2073.1929.10
Price / Sales0.436.1924,812.2954.99
Price / Cash2.367.4835.3718.24
Price / Book0.931.773.874.70
Net Income$316.01M$411.58M$4.27B$992.19M
7 Day Performance4.21%3.58%1.49%2.37%
1 Month Performance-13.61%-2.20%0.70%2.18%
1 Year Performance-45.05%3.18%8.02%10.76%

Liberty Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.8341 of 5 stars
$11.37
+7.1%
$15.05
+32.3%
-45.1%$1.84B$4.32B8.755,700
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.3128 of 5 stars
$5.39
+0.2%
$8.27
+53.5%
-37.6%$2.08B$5.38B-1.959,200Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.9337 of 5 stars
$21.35
+1.1%
$31.00
+45.2%
-29.9%$18.20B$22.94B9.9848,000
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.0997 of 5 stars
$17.58
-0.6%
$22.10
+25.7%
-43.5%$1.75B$3.43B-53.276,200Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6161 of 5 stars
$23.27
-1.4%
$26.67
+14.6%
-4.3%$4.44B$1.32B12.18210Positive News
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6867 of 5 stars
$46.83
-0.2%
$67.60
+44.4%
-15.7%$5.83B$3.77B6.86290Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9216 of 5 stars
$22.36
-2.7%
$29.69
+32.8%
-37.2%$3.19B$3.03B11.59690Positive News
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.1699 of 5 stars
$31.70
-2.3%
$41.88
+32.1%
-55.1%$498.91M$2.97B-2.2512,400
PUMP
ProPetro
3.4662 of 5 stars
$4.84
+1.0%
$8.80
+81.8%
-39.4%$503.22M$1.44B-3.291,900News Coverage
RES
RPC
2.2003 of 5 stars
$4.44
+1.3%
$4.69
+5.7%
-26.6%$978.23M$1.42B17.062,597News Coverage
WHD
Cactus
4.089 of 5 stars
$39.29
-1.1%
$50.75
+29.2%
-29.6%$3.14B$1.13B14.831,600

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This page (NYSE:LBRT) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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