Should Investors Trust The Upside Potential In Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (PTEN)?

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (NASDAQ:PTEN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 8.92M but it saw 8810372 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.51B USD, the company’s current market price of $9.08 came rising about 4.01 while comparing to the previous closing price of $8.73. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $12.65 and as low as $7.15. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $8.66 while lowest mark touched by it was $9.1.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (PTEN) gives us an average price of $8.68, while its current price level is -28.22% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 26.99% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $8.30 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $9.06. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.61% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 4.41%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 59.05 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Goldman upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on December 13, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $11-$10.

Over the week, PTEN’s stock price is moving 8.35% up while it is 1.45% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 9.93% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -13.19%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in March, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of -0.04 while estimate for next year EPS is -0.03. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.22B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $4.86B and seeing the company making $5.11B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.18B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 387.34M with 2.57% of that held by the insiders while 102.61% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -20.47% and return on equity (ROE) at -23.39%. It has a 43.52 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 2.01. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.01 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.65. Its return on asset (ROA) is -14.14% on average.