Liberty Energy (LBRT) Competitors $10.70 -0.40 (-3.60%) Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.75 +0.05 (+0.48%) As of 09/12/2025 08:00 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LBRT vs. PTEN, HAL, HP, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NBR, PUMP, RES, and WHDShould 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 Halliburton Helmerich & Payne Magnolia Oil & Gas Matador Resources Murphy Oil Nabors Industries ProPetro RPC Cactus Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) 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 profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation. Do analysts rate LBRT or PTEN? Liberty Energy presently has a consensus price target of $15.05, indicating a potential upside of 40.65%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus price target of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 42.60%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Liberty Energy.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Liberty Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 3 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.64Patterson-UTI Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Does the media prefer LBRT or PTEN? In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Liberty Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 4 mentions for Liberty Energy. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 1.32 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Liberty Energy 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Patterson-UTI Energy 7 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LBRT or PTEN? 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better earnings and valuation, LBRT or PTEN? Liberty Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 RatioLiberty Energy$4.10B0.42$316.01M$1.308.23Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.40-$968.03M-$2.76-2.01 Which has more volatility and risk, LBRT or PTEN? Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is LBRT or PTEN a better dividend stock? Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Liberty Energy pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% 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. Is LBRT or PTEN more profitable? 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 Liberty Energy5.29% 6.01% 3.58% Patterson-UTI Energy -21.49%-1.94%-1.16% SummaryLiberty Energy beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LBRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LBRT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLiberty EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.80B$5.99B$8.02B$21.58BDividend Yield2.94%2.93%10.79%3.49%P/E Ratio8.2318.0939.9129.75Price / Sales0.425.05941.6885.94Price / Cash2.307.8136.2525.00Price / Book0.871.813.904.58Net Income$316.01M$411.58M$4.29B$999.94M7 Day Performance2.23%1.29%0.60%0.68%1 Month Performance-4.85%6.16%3.06%4.02%1 Year Performance-44.73%7.59%14.48%16.39% Liberty Energy Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LBRTLiberty Energy4.496 of 5 stars$10.70-3.6%$15.05+40.7%-44.8%$1.80B$4.10B8.235,700Positive NewsPTENPatterson-UTI Energy4.0577 of 5 stars$5.62-0.9%$7.90+40.6%-30.0%$2.18B$5.38B0.009,200News CoveragePositive NewsHALHalliburton4.8532 of 5 stars$21.76-1.6%$32.05+47.3%-20.2%$18.84B$22.94B8.5748,000News CoverageAnalyst RevisionHPHelmerich & Payne3.7271 of 5 stars$20.06-0.7%$22.20+10.7%-29.3%$2.01B$2.76B11.816,200News CoverageDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionMGYMagnolia Oil & Gas3.5076 of 5 stars$23.46-0.7%$26.67+13.7%-0.1%$4.51B$1.32B11.87210Positive NewsMTDRMatador Resources4.2458 of 5 stars$47.32-1.9%$67.53+42.7%-4.3%$6.01B$3.50B6.93290Positive NewsMURMurphy Oil4.877 of 5 stars$25.31+1.5%$29.69+17.3%-24.4%$3.56B$3.03B13.11690NBRNabors Industries1.655 of 5 stars$39.21+2.1%$43.00+9.7%-32.3%$604.46M$2.97B0.0012,400Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionPUMPProPetro3.7474 of 5 stars$4.66-2.2%$8.80+88.7%-36.4%$495.92M$1.44B36.691,900Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeRESRPC2.9906 of 5 stars$4.71-0.5%$4.69-0.4%-22.7%$1.04B$1.42B16.312,597News CoverageWHDCactus4.3234 of 5 stars$41.86-2.2%$50.75+21.2%-29.0%$3.42B$1.13B14.811,600News CoverageInsider TradeAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Patterson-UTI Energy Competitors Halliburton Competitors Helmerich & Payne Competitors Magnolia Oil & Gas Competitors Matador Resources Competitors Murphy Oil Competitors Nabors Industries Competitors ProPetro Competitors RPC Competitors Cactus Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LBRT) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNvidia Times 1,000,000Nvidia’s latest AI chip is a $25,000 powerhouse — with 80 billion transistors and the ability to perform 60 tr...Paradigm Press | SponsoredElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredApple’s falling behindApple just posted record-breaking results, yet its stock barely moved — because in today’s market, investors o...Porter & Company | Sponsored6-Figure Target for BTC by 2025The U.S. just announced it's putting GDP data directly onto Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. 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