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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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.91%. Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $14.85, indicating a potential upside of 21.13%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly 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
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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

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 has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$5.38B0.40-$968.03M-$2.76-2.03
Liberty Energy$4.32B0.46$316.01M$1.309.43

In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Liberty Energy and 9 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.75 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Patterson-UTI Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty Energy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Liberty Energy beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 13 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$1.95B$5.62B$7.76B$21.97B
Dividend Yield2.59%3.10%10.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio9.2418.7073.0732.64
Price / Sales0.464.271,478.2682.90
Price / Cash2.558.2336.7624.53
Price / Book1.001.864.944.62
Net Income$316.01M$411.58M$4.28B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.70%2.79%0.41%1.64%
1 Month Performance12.48%-1.50%1.60%-0.07%
1 Year Performance-33.01%4.00%16.93%11.46%

Liberty Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.5053 of 5 stars
$12.64
+5.8%
$14.85
+17.5%
-40.3%$2.05B$4.32B9.755,700News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.9843 of 5 stars
$5.81
+4.5%
$7.90
+36.0%
-30.2%$2.14B$5.38B-2.119,200Upcoming Earnings
HAL
Halliburton
4.825 of 5 stars
$24.36
+0.2%
$31.30
+28.5%
-25.5%$20.73B$22.94B11.3848,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HP
Helmerich & Payne
3.2244 of 5 stars
$23.69
+2.8%
$23.30
-1.6%
-33.3%$2.29B$2.76B-71.796,200
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.8299 of 5 stars
$23.94
+1.3%
$26.42
+10.3%
-13.8%$4.51B$1.32B11.88210Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.4722 of 5 stars
$44.82
-0.4%
$66.50
+48.4%
-17.1%$5.60B$3.50B6.56290Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.3029 of 5 stars
$30.68
+0.8%
$28.15
-8.2%
-16.9%$4.35B$3.03B15.90690Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.0767 of 5 stars
$44.68
+4.4%
$44.00
-1.5%
-46.7%$673.23M$2.97B-3.1812,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PUMP
ProPetro
3.9014 of 5 stars
$5.51
-0.2%
$7.80
+41.6%
-37.2%$573.90M$1.44B42.461,900Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
RES
RPC
3.1992 of 5 stars
$4.78
-0.2%
$4.69
-1.9%
-37.6%$1.06B$1.42B18.392,597Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WHD
Cactus
4.2736 of 5 stars
$37.27
-0.9%
$50.75
+36.2%
-43.7%$3.00B$1.13B13.011,600

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This page (NYSE:LBRT) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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