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ProPetro (PUMP) Competitors

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$6.70 +0.53 (+8.59%)
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PUMP vs. PTEN, HAL, HP, LBRT, MUR, NBR, OII, OVV, RES, and WHD

Should you be buying ProPetro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProPetro include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Oceaneering International (OII), Ovintiv (OVV), RPC (RES), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

ProPetro vs. Its Competitors

Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) and ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.64%. ProPetro has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 45.52%. Given ProPetro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ProPetro 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
ProPetro
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

ProPetro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Patterson-UTI Energy. ProPetro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson-UTI 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$5.38B0.48-$968.03M-$2.60-2.56
ProPetro$1.44B0.48-$137.86M-$1.43-4.69

97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of ProPetro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ProPetro has a net margin of -10.60% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -19.78%. ProPetro's return on equity of 2.16% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Patterson-UTI Energy-19.78% -0.70% -0.43%
ProPetro -10.60%2.16%1.42%

Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 9 more articles in the media than ProPetro. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 10 mentions for ProPetro. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat ProPetro's score of -0.33 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ProPetro
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Patterson-UTI Energy beats ProPetro on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PUMP vs. The Competition

MetricProPetroOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$696.20M$5.37B$7.62B$20.46B
Dividend YieldN/A2.94%10.89%3.72%
P/E Ratio-4.6910.7063.7627.82
Price / Sales0.484.2921,839.8048.92
Price / Cash2.457.5235.0918.22
Price / Book0.841.783.624.58
Net Income-$137.86M$397.37M$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day Performance7.98%3.04%1.74%1.34%
1 Month Performance12.23%8.14%6.84%4.92%
1 Year Performance-17.39%2.68%101.82%14.14%

ProPetro Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUMP
ProPetro
2.6237 of 5 stars
$6.70
+8.6%
$9.75
+45.5%
-25.7%$696.20M$1.44B-4.691,900
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.3084 of 5 stars
$5.93
+0.3%
$9.50
+60.2%
-37.7%$2.28B$5.38B-2.289,200News Coverage
Positive News
HAL
Halliburton
4.8441 of 5 stars
$20.37
-1.0%
$33.58
+64.8%
-36.7%$17.68B$22.94B8.5245,000
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.6946 of 5 stars
$15.20
-1.3%
$26.55
+74.6%
-54.4%$1.53B$2.76B6.946,200
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.8148 of 5 stars
$11.51
-0.9%
$17.23
+49.7%
-41.5%$1.88B$4.32B7.625,700
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8687 of 5 stars
$22.53
-1.7%
$29.08
+29.1%
-40.5%$3.27B$3.03B8.67690News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NBR
Nabors Industries
2.9202 of 5 stars
$28.16
+0.9%
$42.86
+52.2%
-53.1%$438.17M$2.97B-1.8012,400
OII
Oceaneering International
3.8856 of 5 stars
$20.73
-0.6%
$28.00
+35.1%
-12.4%$2.10B$2.66B11.6510,400
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8886 of 5 stars
$38.12
-0.8%
$54.69
+43.5%
-15.5%$9.98B$9.15B16.221,623Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RES
RPC
2.1958 of 5 stars
$4.73
-0.4%
$5.75
+21.6%
-13.9%$1.05B$1.42B13.142,597News Coverage
WHD
Cactus
3.9779 of 5 stars
$43.76
-1.3%
$52.33
+19.6%
-14.2%$3.54B$1.13B15.571,600News Coverage
Positive News

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