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$34.17 -0.50 (-1.44%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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NBR vs. APA, CHX, PTEN, HAL, HP, LBRT, OII, PDS, PUMP, and RES

Should you be buying Nabors Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nabors Industries include APA (APA), ChampionX (CHX), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Oceaneering International (OII), Precision Drilling (PDS), ProPetro (PUMP), and RPC (RES).

Nabors Industries vs. Its Competitors

Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Nabors Industries' net margin of -3.66%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Nabors Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nabors Industries-3.66% -38.71% -4.20%
APA 9.75%23.22%7.63%

In the previous week, APA had 29 more articles in the media than Nabors Industries. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for APA and 2 mentions for Nabors Industries. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Nabors Industries' score of -0.01 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nabors Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
APA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nabors Industries presently has a consensus target price of $43.29, indicating a potential upside of 26.67%. APA has a consensus target price of $25.28, indicating a potential upside of 25.70%. Given Nabors Industries' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nabors Industries is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nabors Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nabors Industries$2.97B0.18-$176.08M-$15.64-2.18
APA$9.74B0.75$804M$2.787.23

Nabors Industries has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of Nabors Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

APA beats Nabors Industries on 13 of the 16 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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NBR vs. The Competition

MetricNabors IndustriesOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$535.67M$2.27B$7.80B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A4.59%10.93%3.72%
P/E Ratio-2.186.0661.0827.74
Price / Sales0.181.0821,195.6042.43
Price / Cash0.673.6635.1617.96
Price / Book0.770.823.764.57
Net Income-$176.08M$36.81M$4.23B$987.45M
7 Day Performance9.68%2.77%0.78%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.09%-0.36%1.05%5.53%
1 Year Performance-54.73%-9.42%9.12%10.30%

Nabors Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.6857 of 5 stars
$34.17
-1.4%
$43.29
+26.7%
-54.7%$535.67M$2.97B-2.1812,400
APA
APA
3.7902 of 5 stars
$18.29
-1.5%
$24.72
+35.2%
-32.9%$6.61B$10.42B6.582,305Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CHX
ChampionX
3.7234 of 5 stars
$24.84
-0.5%
$37.67
+51.6%
-16.2%$4.76B$3.63B16.457,100Positive News
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.6714 of 5 stars
$5.93
+0.3%
$9.50
+60.2%
-36.1%$2.29B$5.38B-2.289,200
HAL
Halliburton
4.8522 of 5 stars
$20.37
-1.0%
$33.58
+64.8%
-32.1%$17.51B$22.94B8.5248,000Upcoming Earnings
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.9032 of 5 stars
$15.20
-1.3%
$26.55
+74.6%
-54.3%$1.51B$2.76B6.946,200Positive News
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.4837 of 5 stars
$11.51
-0.9%
$17.23
+49.7%
-41.0%$1.86B$4.32B7.625,700Upcoming Earnings
OII
Oceaneering International
3.303 of 5 stars
$20.73
-0.6%
$28.00
+35.1%
-12.5%$2.09B$2.66B11.6510,400Analyst Downgrade
PDS
Precision Drilling
3.8303 of 5 stars
$47.37
+0.4%
$112.00
+136.4%
-29.7%$632.34M$1.87B9.425,504
PUMP
ProPetro
3.0874 of 5 stars
$5.98
+0.2%
$9.75
+63.0%
-22.2%$621.38M$1.44B-4.181,900Analyst Revision
Gap Down
RES
RPC
2.9788 of 5 stars
$4.73
-0.4%
$5.75
+21.6%
-13.4%$1.04B$1.42B13.142,597

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This page (NYSE:NBR) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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