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 mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty Energy and 2 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.46 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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.
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.
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.
Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $7.90, indicating a potential upside of 42.09%. Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $15.05, indicating a potential upside of 17.02%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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
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.
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This page (NYSE:LBRT) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
