NBR vs. HP, PTEN, SDRL, HPK, PDS, BORR, AMNI, VAL, RIG, and IREN
Should you be buying Nabors Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nabors Industries include Helmerich & Payne (HP), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Seadrill (SDRL), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), American Noble Gas (AMNI), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), and Iris Energy (IREN). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Nabors Industries vs. Its Competitors
Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) and Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Nabors Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Helmerich & Payne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.10% of users gave Nabors Industries an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Helmerich & Payne has higher revenue and earnings than Nabors Industries. Nabors Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Nabors Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 11.02% compared to Nabors Industries' net margin of -5.93%. Helmerich & Payne's return on equity of 11.31% beat Nabors Industries' return on equity.
Helmerich & Payne currently has a consensus target price of $27.73, suggesting a potential upside of 53.12%. Nabors Industries has a consensus target price of $42.86, suggesting a potential upside of 24.44%. Given Helmerich & Payne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Helmerich & Payne is more favorable than Nabors Industries.
Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 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%. Helmerich & Payne pays out 45.7% 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.
Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nabors Industries has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 4 more articles in the media than Nabors Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 7 mentions for Nabors Industries. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Nabors Industries' score of -0.42 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne beats Nabors Industries on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NBR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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