What shareholders can do to beat the market with Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (PTEN) stock

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (NASDAQ: PTEN) closed the day trading at $11.32 down -3.66% from the previous closing price of $11.75. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 12679105 shares were traded. PTEN stock price reached its highest trading level at $12.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.21.

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 23.98 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.84. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.24 and its Current Ratio is at 1.41. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.28 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.27.

On December 19, 2023, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $12.

Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on October 17, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $20 to $17.

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 Mar 01 ’24 when Drummond Robert Wayne Jr sold 65,344 shares for $11.76 per share. The transaction valued at 768,445 led to the insider holds 2,407,895 shares of the business.

Drummond Robert Wayne Jr sold 187,916 shares of PTEN for $2,204,255 on Feb 29 ’24. The Director now owns 2,473,239 shares after completing the transaction at $11.73 per share. On Dec 01 ’23, another insider, CEPAK TIFFANY THOM, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 15,000 shares for $11.78 each. As a result, the insider received 176,700 and left with 107,081 shares of the company.

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 4.62B and an Enterprise Value of 5.77B. As of this moment, Patterson-UTI’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.15, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.35. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.25. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.11 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.39 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.29.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, PTEN has reached a high of $16.17, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 10.96, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 12.53.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, PTEN traded about 6.71M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PTEN traded about 6.15M shares per day. A total of 411.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 356.63M. Insiders hold about 12.63% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.76% stake in the company. Shares short for PTEN as of Feb 29, 2024 were 22.15M with a Short Ratio of 3.30, compared to 24.6M on Jan 31, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5.43% and a Short% of Float of 6.56%.

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 2.72%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 2.83%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.93. The current Payout Ratio is 36.39% for PTEN, which recently paid a dividend on Mar 15, 2024 with an ex-dividend date of Feb 29, 2024. Stock splits for the company last occurred on Jul 01, 2004 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 18 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.13 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.14 and a low estimate of $0.11, while EPS last year was $0.46. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.15, with high estimates of $0.21 and low estimates of $0.12.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.92 and $0.53 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.66. EPS for the following year is $1.07, with 19 analysts recommending between $1.44 and $0.71.

Revenue Estimates

15 analysts predict $1.52B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.53B to a low estimate of $1.51B. As of the current estimate, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc’s year-ago sales were $791.8M, an estimated increase of 91.40% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 15 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.53B, an increase of 102.10% over than the figure of $91.40% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $1.57B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.51B.

A total of 18 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PTEN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $6.54B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $6.07B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $6.19B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $4.15B, up 49.40% from the average estimate. Based on 17 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $6.58B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $7.21B and the low estimate is $6.17B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 6.30% from the average revenue estimate for this year.

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