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WHD vs. PTEN, HAL, HP, LBRT, MUR, 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), Murphy Oil (MUR), 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

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

Cactus has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Patterson-UTI Energy$5.38B0.41-$968.03M-$2.76-2.06
Cactus$1.13B2.49$185.41M$2.6513.29

97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Cactus shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Cactus 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 presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 37.32%. Cactus has a consensus price target of $51.67, suggesting a potential upside of 46.68%. Given Cactus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cactus is more favorable than Patterson-UTI Energy.

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
Cactus
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Cactus has a net margin of 16.19% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Cactus' return on equity of 17.34% 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%
Cactus 16.19%17.34%12.69%

Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cactus pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cactus pays out 21.1% 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Patterson-UTI Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Cactus. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 6 mentions for Cactus. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cactus' score of 0.63 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
Cactus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cactus has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cactus beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 12 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

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WHD vs. The Competition

MetricCactusOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.80B$12.20B$7.77B$21.76B
Dividend Yield1.60%4.16%10.84%3.64%
P/E Ratio13.2921.2174.3629.93
Price / Sales2.496.321,445.2666.72
Price / Cash9.0919.8336.8823.91
Price / Book2.222.155.104.68
Net Income$185.41M$794.69M$4.27B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-3.94%-5.30%-1.47%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-11.64%-5.21%3.30%1.18%
1 Year Performance-42.36%-13.16%20.29%14.46%

Cactus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHD
Cactus
4.4419 of 5 stars
$35.22
+0.6%
$51.67
+46.7%
-44.0%$2.80B$1.13B13.291,600Gap Up
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
3.9269 of 5 stars
$5.71
-3.2%
$7.90
+38.4%
-31.2%$2.20B$5.38B-2.079,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HAL
Halliburton
4.8002 of 5 stars
$23.42
-2.1%
$31.30
+33.6%
-26.6%$19.97B$22.94B10.9448,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HP
Helmerich & Payne
3.3295 of 5 stars
$23.20
-2.5%
$24.20
+4.3%
-36.9%$2.31B$3.43B-70.306,200Analyst Revision
Gap Down
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.453 of 5 stars
$12.58
-2.7%
$15.05
+19.7%
-40.0%$2.04B$4.32B9.675,700News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MUR
Murphy Oil
3.9532 of 5 stars
$29.61
-1.4%
$27.58
-6.8%
-20.2%$4.23B$2.78B15.34690Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NOV
NOV
4.4871 of 5 stars
$13.16
-3.7%
$16.31
+24.0%
-22.4%$4.89B$8.87B10.7834,010Trending News
Gap Down
OII
Oceaneering International
3.592 of 5 stars
$23.48
-3.0%
$27.00
+15.0%
-13.6%$2.35B$2.77B11.8610,400News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PUMP
ProPetro
3.3522 of 5 stars
$5.49
-3.5%
$8.00
+45.7%
-37.9%$570.80M$1.44B-3.731,900Analyst Forecast
RES
RPC
3.3994 of 5 stars
$4.54
-4.6%
$4.69
+3.2%
-38.2%$1.00B$1.42B17.462,597Gap Down
SLB
Schlumberger
4.8867 of 5 stars
$33.11
-2.5%
$52.18
+57.6%
-27.2%$49.45B$36.29B11.34110,000Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:WHD) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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