Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) vs Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN)

Nabors Industries Ltd. and Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Drilling companies. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.8B against $1.1B — 3.5× the size. Nabors Industries Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.42% against 0.01%. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.52% vs −1.78%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.66% vs 2.38%). Across the 20 metrics below, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. leads on 11 and Nabors Industries Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric NBR PTEN Oil & Gas Drilling median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.32 0.79 1.19
P/B 2.45 1.24 1.24
Price to free cash flow 26.40 11.35 14.65
EV/EBITDA 2.26 5.14 6.73
EV/Sales 0.90 0.98 2.12
Earnings yield (3.08%) (0.60%) (0.70%)
Free cash flow yield 3.79% 8.81% 3.79%

Profitability

Metric NBR PTEN Oil & Gas Drilling median
Gross margin 38.38% 24.07% 33.60%
Operating margin 8.40% 0.86% 8.58%
Net margin (1.78%) (0.52%) (0.52%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 6.98% 6.98%
Return on equity (8.57%) (0.79%) (0.79%)
Return on assets (1.26%) (0.45%) (0.45%)
Return on invested capital 2.38% 0.66% 2.81%

Growth

Metric NBR PTEN Oil & Gas Drilling median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.42% 0.01% 3.33%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 177.74% 90.16% (46.88%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.51% 33.83% 13.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NBR PTEN Oil & Gas Drilling median
Debt to equity 2.04 0.40 0.59
Current ratio 1.77 1.73 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 1.10 0.90 0.90

Dividend

Metric NBR PTEN Oil & Gas Drilling median
Dividend yield — 3.78% —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric NBR PTEN Oil & Gas Drilling median
Market cap 1.08b 3.78b 3.61b

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