Nabors Industries (NBR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTEN or NBR?

Patterson-UTI Energy received 18 more outperform votes than Nabors Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.20% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 61.15% of users gave Nabors Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Patterson-UTI Energy	Outperform Votes 816 62.20%	Underperform Votes 496 37.80%
Nabors Industries	Outperform Votes 798 61.15%	Underperform Votes 507 38.85%

Does the media refer more to PTEN or NBR?

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy and Patterson-UTI Energy both had 17 articles in the media. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Nabors Industries' score of 0.55 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nabors Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PTEN or NBR?

97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts rate PTEN or NBR?

Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus price target of $9.82, indicating a potential upside of 68.12%. Nabors Industries has a consensus price target of $45.83, indicating a potential upside of 70.07%. Given Nabors Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nabors Industries is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patterson-UTI Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Nabors Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is PTEN or NBR more profitable?

Nabors Industries has a net margin of -5.93% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -18.00%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 0.81% beat Nabors Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patterson-UTI Energy	-18.00%	0.81%	0.51%
Nabors Industries	-5.93%	-32.96%	-3.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, PTEN or NBR?

Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nabors Industries has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PTEN or NBR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Patterson-UTI Energy	$5.15B	0.44	-$968.03M	-$2.60	-2.25
Nabors Industries	$2.93B	0.14	-$176.08M	-$15.64	-1.72

Is PTEN or NBR a better dividend stock?

Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Nabors Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nabors Industries pays out -0.3% 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. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Patterson-UTI Energy beats Nabors Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.