Helmerich & Payne vs Transocean
HP and RIG side by side, both in oil and gas field services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HP and RIG compare
Transocean is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Helmerich & Payne ($5.9B against $3.7B).
Helmerich & Payne keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −3.4% compared with −40.2% at Transocean.
Helmerich & Payne pays a dividend yielding 2.7%; Transocean does not pay one.
Helmerich & Payne scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 4 for Transocean), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HP | RIG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.7B | $5.9B |
| Share price | $36.62 | $5.31 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.5% | 26.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 48.4% | 78.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 1.25 |
| Employees | 6,200 | 5,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 1.4× |
| P/B | – | 0.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.6× | – |
| P/FCF | 11.6× | 6.6× (better) |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | 15.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $36.46 | $3.64 |
| Margin of safety | −0.44% (better) | −46.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 16.6% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.1% (better) | 4.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −642% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 41.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 2.3% (better) | −24.2% |
| Net margin | −3.4% (better) | −40.2% |
| FCF margin | 7.9% | 22.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | −18.7% |
| Return on invested capital | – | −5.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.61 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.98 | – |
| Interest coverage | 0.9× (better) | −1.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.96 (better) | 1.59 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.99 (better) | −0.03 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −33.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 90.0% |
| Held by insiders | 3.8% | 19.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.5M | −$2.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 35.8% |
Go deeper
- HP stock overview
- HP income statement
- HP valuation and score
- RIG stock overview
- RIG income statement
- RIG valuation and score
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