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

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

Cactus vs. Its Competitors

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

Cactus has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Cactus. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 2 mentions for Cactus. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Cactus' score of 0.57 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
Cactus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Patterson-UTI Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cactus has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -19.78%. Cactus' return on equity of 18.99% beat Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cactus16.78% 18.99% 13.76%
Patterson-UTI Energy -19.78%-0.70%-0.43%

Cactus presently has a consensus target price of $52.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.60%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.55%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Cactus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cactus
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Patterson-UTI Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

85.1% of Cactus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Cactus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cactus pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Cactus pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -12.3% 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. Cactus has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cactus$1.13B3.20$185.41M$2.8116.11
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.45-$968.03M-$2.60-2.43

Summary

Cactus beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 10 of the 19 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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WHD vs. The Competition

MetricCactusOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.61B$13.93B$7.60B$20.62B
Dividend Yield1.15%3.93%10.93%3.77%
P/E Ratio16.1130.9556.8028.04
Price / Sales3.207.1721,879.0437.11
Price / Cash11.7022.1336.1321.91
Price / Book2.852.503.294.59
Net Income$185.41M$860.35M$4.20B$985.44M
7 Day Performance1.36%1.05%1.09%2.91%
1 Month Performance2.54%3.69%4.88%5.47%
1 Year Performance-12.79%8.44%104.14%14.61%

Cactus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHD
Cactus
3.8717 of 5 stars
$45.27
+0.0%
$52.33
+15.6%
-11.7%$3.61B$1.13B16.111,200
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.4742 of 5 stars
$5.89
+2.4%
$9.50
+61.4%
-36.9%$2.27B$5.38B-2.269,200Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.9066 of 5 stars
$20.63
+1.8%
$33.58
+62.8%
-35.5%$17.73B$22.94B8.6348,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.6993 of 5 stars
$15.54
+0.4%
$26.55
+70.8%
-53.5%$1.54B$3.08B7.106,200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.682 of 5 stars
$11.58
+1.6%
$17.23
+48.8%
-39.6%$1.87B$4.32B7.675,700Analyst Revision
NBR
Nabors Industries
3.2173 of 5 stars
$28.01
+2.1%
$42.86
+53.0%
-55.4%$439.76M$2.97B-1.7912,400Analyst Forecast
NOV
NOV
4.8244 of 5 stars
$13.00
+1.3%
$17.44
+34.2%
-28.6%$4.88B$8.87B8.6734,010Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OII
Oceaneering International
3.4131 of 5 stars
$20.85
+2.3%
$28.00
+34.3%
-9.8%$2.10B$2.74B11.7210,400
PUMP
ProPetro
2.7406 of 5 stars
$6.06
+1.4%
$9.75
+61.0%
-24.6%$629.18M$1.44B-4.231,900Analyst Revision
RES
RPC
3.096 of 5 stars
$4.73
+1.4%
$5.75
+21.7%
-15.3%$1.04B$1.42B13.132,597
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9675 of 5 stars
$33.80
+1.9%
$52.03
+53.9%
-23.2%$45.98B$36.29B11.46110,000Analyst Forecast

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