Precision Drilling vs Patterson UTI Energy
PDS and PTEN 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 PDS and PTEN compare
Patterson UTI Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.01% versus −3.1% for Precision Drilling).
Precision Drilling keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 0.10% compared with −0.52% at Patterson UTI Energy.
Patterson UTI Energy pays a dividend yielding 3.5%; Precision Drilling does not pay one.
Patterson UTI Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 3 for Precision Drilling), 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 | PDS | PTEN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $4.2B |
| Share price | $95.83 | $10.97 |
| Change, 1 year | 62.9% | 83.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 173% | 49.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.74 | 1.09 |
| Employees | 7,200 | 7,900 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | – | 0.9× |
| P/B | – | 1.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 122× |
| P/FCF | – | 15.7× |
| FCF yield | – | 6.4% |
| Fair value | – | $10.66 |
| Margin of safety | – | −2.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −3.1% | 0.01% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 14.5% | 33.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −98.3% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −98.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 32.8% | – |
| Operating margin | – | 0.86% |
| Net margin | 0.10% (better) | −0.52% |
| FCF margin | 8.1% (better) | 5.5% |
| Return on equity | 0.11% (better) | −0.79% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 0.80% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.43 | 0.40 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.38 (better) | 21.49 |
| Interest coverage | – | 0.6× |
| Current ratio | 1.62 | 1.73 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 1.75 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 3.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 26.2% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.81% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 4.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 66.3% | 112% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 1.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$33.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 7.3% |
Go deeper
- PDS stock overview
- PDS income statement
- PDS valuation and score
- PTEN stock overview
- PTEN income statement
- PTEN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.