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RES vs. PTEN, HAL, HP, LBRT, NBR, NOV, OII, OIS, PUMP, and WHD

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

RPC vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 3 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 17 mentions for RPC. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat RPC's score of 0.08 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RPC
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Patterson-UTI Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

RPC has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

RPC pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. RPC pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% 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. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

RPC has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. RPC's return on equity of 5.65% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RPC3.77% 5.65% 4.42%
Patterson-UTI Energy -21.49%-1.94%-1.16%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RPC$1.43B0.74$91.44M$0.2618.44
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.42-$968.03M-$2.76-2.14

41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.5% of RPC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

RPC presently has a consensus target price of $4.94, indicating a potential upside of 2.97%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $8.36, indicating a potential upside of 41.28%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than RPC.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RPC
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Patterson-UTI Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Summary

Patterson-UTI Energy beats RPC on 10 of the 18 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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RES vs. The Competition

MetricRPCOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.06B$5.73B$7.81B$21.11B
Dividend Yield3.20%2.91%10.93%3.60%
P/E Ratio18.4411.2066.8928.44
Price / Sales0.745.2439,885.8058.65
Price / Cash4.627.5936.3422.92
Price / Book0.971.694.004.69
Net Income$91.44M$411.58M$4.26B$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.52%3.87%1.33%1.65%
1 Month Performance1.48%1.12%3.24%4.54%
1 Year Performance-31.16%-0.44%13.90%9.99%

RPC Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RES
RPC
2.2391 of 5 stars
$4.80
-0.3%
$4.94
+3.0%
-30.8%$1.06B$1.43B18.442,597Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.6605 of 5 stars
$5.83
-1.9%
$8.77
+50.5%
-43.3%$2.29B$5.38B0.009,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.8262 of 5 stars
$21.23
+0.0%
$33.47
+57.7%
-34.3%$18.24B$22.94B7.5048,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.8352 of 5 stars
$15.38
-0.9%
$23.10
+50.2%
-59.3%$1.54B$2.76B6.446,200
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.6597 of 5 stars
$11.25
-0.9%
$15.65
+39.2%
-40.9%$1.84B$4.32B7.455,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
NBR
Nabors Industries
3.0471 of 5 stars
$30.41
+1.0%
$41.63
+36.9%
-67.2%$472.87M$2.97B0.0012,400Upcoming Earnings
NOV
NOV
4.4453 of 5 stars
$12.71
-1.7%
$17.31
+36.3%
-25.2%$4.85B$8.87B8.6134,010Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
OII
Oceaneering International
2.7998 of 5 stars
$20.79
+1.5%
$28.00
+34.7%
-21.5%$2.06B$2.66B14.2210,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
OIS
Oil States International
4.1396 of 5 stars
$5.29
-2.7%
$7.25
+37.2%
+22.1%$335.95M$692.59M20.892,439News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PUMP
ProPetro
3.3251 of 5 stars
$5.68
+0.1%
$9.00
+58.6%
-32.2%$589.17M$1.44B-3.971,900Upcoming Earnings
WHD
Cactus
3.776 of 5 stars
$43.46
-0.2%
$52.00
+19.7%
-23.2%$3.48B$1.13B15.471,600Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:RES) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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