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$46.11 -0.22 (-0.48%)
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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

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

Cactus has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Patterson-UTI Energy's net margin of -21.49%. Cactus' return on equity of 18.99% 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 16.78%18.99%13.76%

Patterson-UTI Energy currently has a consensus price target of $8.36, suggesting a potential upside of 41.28%. Cactus has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Cactus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Patterson-UTI Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Cactus
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Cactus. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 7 mentions for Cactus. Cactus' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Patterson-UTI Energy's score of 0.26 indicating that Cactus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Cactus
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Patterson-UTI Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Cactus pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Patterson-UTI Energy pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cactus pays out 18.5% 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.

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

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

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$5.38B0.42-$968.03M-$2.76-2.14
Cactus$1.13B3.26$185.41M$2.8116.41

Summary

Cactus beats Patterson-UTI Energy on 11 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$3.70B$15.17B$7.81B$21.10B
Dividend Yield1.12%3.99%10.93%3.59%
P/E Ratio16.4131.3066.8928.44
Price / Sales3.266.9839,885.8758.59
Price / Cash12.0219.8236.3422.92
Price / Book2.902.594.004.69
Net Income$185.41M$910.82M$4.26B$995.51M
7 Day Performance5.82%-0.28%1.33%1.65%
1 Month Performance3.24%1.61%3.25%4.54%
1 Year Performance-24.41%1.77%13.91%9.99%

Cactus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WHD
Cactus
3.8086 of 5 stars
$46.11
-0.5%
$52.00
+12.8%
-23.2%$3.70B$1.13B16.411,600Upcoming Earnings
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.6605 of 5 stars
$6.03
+1.9%
$8.77
+45.5%
-43.3%$2.33B$5.38B-2.329,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.8261 of 5 stars
$21.57
+1.5%
$33.47
+55.2%
-34.3%$18.54B$22.94B9.0248,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HP
Helmerich & Payne
4.8311 of 5 stars
$16.00
+2.6%
$23.10
+44.4%
-59.3%$1.59B$2.76B7.306,200
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.6597 of 5 stars
$11.60
+4.0%
$15.65
+35.0%
-40.9%$1.88B$4.32B7.685,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
NBR
Nabors Industries
3.0422 of 5 stars
$31.56
+4.4%
$41.63
+31.9%
-67.2%$495.54M$2.97B-2.0212,400Upcoming Earnings
NOV
NOV
4.4587 of 5 stars
$12.96
+1.9%
$17.31
+33.6%
-25.2%$4.87B$8.87B8.6434,010Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
OII
Oceaneering International
2.7993 of 5 stars
$20.59
+0.5%
$28.00
+36.0%
-21.5%$2.07B$2.66B11.5710,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
PUMP
ProPetro
3.3338 of 5 stars
$5.80
+1.2%
$9.00
+55.3%
-32.2%$602.37M$1.40B-4.051,900Upcoming Earnings
RES
RPC
2.2308 of 5 stars
$4.75
+2.0%
$5.06
+6.7%
-30.8%$1.05B$1.42B13.182,597Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SLB
Schlumberger
4.8999 of 5 stars
$34.69
+0.3%
$50.68
+46.1%
-26.4%$47.19B$36.29B11.76110,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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