BTE vs. HP, HPK, PTEN, RIG, VAL, PDS, BORR, AROC, BTU, and SEDG
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Archrock (AROC), Peabody Energy (BTU), and SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Baytex Energy (NYSE:BTE) and Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helmerich & Payne has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helmerich & Payne received 201 more outperform votes than Baytex Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.31% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Helmerich & Payne an outperform vote.
Helmerich & Payne has higher revenue and earnings than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helmerich & Payne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baytex Energy currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 127.27%. Helmerich & Payne has a consensus price target of $42.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.53%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Helmerich & Payne.
Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Helmerich & Payne pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Baytex Energy pays out -70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Helmerich & Payne pays out 28.6% 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.
In the previous week, Helmerich & Payne had 16 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Helmerich & Payne and 0 mentions for Baytex Energy. Helmerich & Payne's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Baytex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Helmerich & Payne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
46.2% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Helmerich & Payne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Helmerich & Payne has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -6.69%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 14.75% beat Helmerich & Payne's return on equity.
Summary
Helmerich & Payne beats Baytex Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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