RIG vs. PTEN, VAL, HP, HPK, SSL, CPG, MGY, UGP, ORA, and SUN
Should you be buying Transocean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transocean include Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Valaris (VAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Sasol (SSL), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), Ormat Technologies (ORA), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Transocean (NYSE:RIG) and Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ:PTEN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Transocean has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patterson-UTI Energy has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Patterson-UTI Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Transocean. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Patterson-UTI Energy and 5 mentions for Transocean. Patterson-UTI Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Transocean's score of 1.13 indicating that Patterson-UTI Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Patterson-UTI Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patterson-UTI Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Patterson-UTI Energy has a net margin of 4.07% compared to Transocean's net margin of -13.27%. Patterson-UTI Energy's return on equity of 7.13% beat Transocean's return on equity.
67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Patterson-UTI Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Transocean currently has a consensus target price of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 27.69%. Patterson-UTI Energy has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 38.52%. Given Patterson-UTI Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Patterson-UTI Energy is more favorable than Transocean.
Transocean received 118 more outperform votes than Patterson-UTI Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.27% of users gave Patterson-UTI Energy an outperform vote while only 51.72% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.
Summary
Patterson-UTI Energy beats Transocean on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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