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Transocean (RIG) Competitors

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RIG vs. PTEN, HAL, NBR, NE, NOV, OII, OIS, SLB, VAL, and VNOM

Should you be buying Transocean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transocean include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Nabors Industries (NBR), Noble (NE), NOV (NOV), Oceaneering International (OII), Oil States International (OIS), Schlumberger (SLB), Valaris (VAL), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Transocean vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.40-$968.03M-$2.76-2.03
Transocean$3.52B0.89-$512M-$1.86-1.79

Patterson-UTI Energy presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 38.91%. Transocean has a consensus price target of $4.26, indicating a potential upside of 27.99%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Transocean.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Patterson-UTI Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Transocean
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

In the previous week, Transocean had 11 more articles in the media than Patterson-UTI Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Transocean and 10 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Transocean's score of 0.04 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Transocean
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.68, indicating that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.

97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Transocean shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Patterson-UTI Energy has a net margin of -21.49% compared to Transocean's net margin of -39.64%. Transocean's return on equity of 0.45% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Patterson-UTI Energy-21.49% -1.94% -1.16%
Transocean -39.64%0.45%0.24%

Summary

Transocean beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RIG vs. The Competition

MetricTransoceanOIL&GAS IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.14B$2.34B$7.87B$21.91B
Dividend YieldN/A4.43%10.84%3.62%
P/E Ratio-1.797.4273.8830.12
Price / Sales0.891.081,619.56105.41
Price / Cash3.683.9236.9224.26
Price / Book0.280.985.064.69
Net Income-$512M$36.93M$4.27B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.15%-1.91%-0.62%0.40%
1 Month Performance-4.18%-4.21%2.95%1.50%
1 Year Performance-19.49%-7.47%18.96%13.02%

Transocean Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RIG
Transocean
4.0152 of 5 stars
$3.34
+0.8%
$4.26
+27.6%
-17.7%$3.15B$3.52B-1.795,800Analyst Revision
Gap Up
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.9281 of 5 stars
$5.81
+4.4%
$7.90
+36.1%
-27.4%$2.24B$5.38B-2.109,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HAL
Halliburton
4.8381 of 5 stars
$24.36
+0.2%
$31.30
+28.5%
-23.5%$20.77B$22.94B11.3848,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NBR
Nabors Industries
1.6453 of 5 stars
$44.69
+4.5%
$44.00
-1.5%
-47.1%$703.41M$2.97B-3.1812,400Analyst Forecast
NE
Noble
3.6964 of 5 stars
$30.36
-10.6%
$31.50
+3.7%
-14.8%$4.75B$3.06B15.495,000Analyst Downgrade
NOV
NOV
4.448 of 5 stars
$13.62
-0.6%
$16.56
+21.6%
-18.3%$5.06B$8.87B11.1634,010Trending News
Options Volume
OII
Oceaneering International
3.1293 of 5 stars
$24.40
+0.2%
$27.00
+10.7%
-8.5%$2.45B$2.77B12.3210,400Upcoming Earnings
OIS
Oil States International
3.1228 of 5 stars
$6.32
+0.5%
$7.25
+14.7%
+31.8%$383.07M$664.29M57.482,439News Coverage
Positive News
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9132 of 5 stars
$34.59
+1.0%
$52.18
+50.8%
-24.2%$51.67B$36.29B11.85110,000Upcoming Earnings
VAL
Valaris
1.8592 of 5 stars
$52.06
0.0%
$48.19
-7.4%
-0.5%$3.71B$2.36B13.565,642Analyst Forecast
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.3262 of 5 stars
$38.92
-0.2%
$55.27
+42.0%
-26.8%$11.23B$980.75M11.25711Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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