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Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (NASDAQ: PTEN) closed the day trading at $5.85 down -2.01% from the previous closing price of $5.97. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.48 million shares were traded. PTEN stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.06 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.77.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PTEN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 11.87 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.69. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.44 and its Current Ratio is at 1.64. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.40 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.39.
On July 15, 2025, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $7.
Citigroup Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on May 19, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $6.50.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 02 ’25 when STEWART JAMES CARL sold 74,500 shares for $5.51 per share. The transaction valued at 410,495 led to the insider holds 925,254 shares of the business.
STEWART JAMES CARL sold 5,500 shares of PTEN for $32,890 on May 09 ’25. The Director now owns 999,754 shares after completing the transaction at $5.98 per share. On May 09 ’25, another insider, JCS Partners LP, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 80,000 shares for $6.00 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PTEN now has a Market Capitalization of 2218565632 and an Enterprise Value of 3328396800. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.46 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.68. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.688 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.563.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PTEN is 0.76, which has changed by -0.27238804 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1476624 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PTEN has reached a high of $9.57, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.84%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -8.44%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PTEN traded about 8.85M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PTEN traded about 8553590 shares per day. A total of 379.24M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 340.99M. Insiders hold about 9.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.34% stake in the company. Shares short for PTEN as of 1761868800 were 31415837 with a Short Ratio of 3.55, compared to 1759190400 on 38291934. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 31415837 and a Short% of Float of 11.8599996.
Dividends & Splits
PTEN’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.32, up from 0.32 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.05360134. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.41.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 5.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.12, with high estimates of -$0.08 and low estimates of -$0.15.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.28 and -$0.34 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.32. EPS for the following year is -$0.41, with 6.0 analysts recommending between -$0.25 and -$0.6.
Revenue Estimates
10 analysts predict $1.1B in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.11B to a low estimate of $1.04B. As of. The current estimate, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc’s year-ago sales were $1.16BFor the next quarter, 10 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.12B. There is a high estimate of $1.18B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.05B.
A total of 10 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PTEN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $4.8B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $4.71B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $4.77B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $5.38BBased on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $4.53B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.87B and the low estimate is $4.25B.
