Patterson-UTI Energy Inc [PTEN] stock prices are up 1.07% to $11.34 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The PTEN shares have lost -4.06% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.87%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc [NASDAQ: PTEN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 16, 2024, when The Benchmark Company downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, Goldman started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on December 19, 2023, and set its price target to $12. On October 17, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $17 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $16 on October 16, 2023. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $18 on October 09, 2023. Stifel started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 05, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $19. In a note dated July 19, 2023, The Benchmark Company upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.
The stock price of Patterson-UTI Energy Inc [PTEN] has been fluctuating between $9.70 and $16.17 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $20.8 within the next 12 months. Patterson-UTI Energy Inc [NASDAQ: PTEN] shares were valued at $11.34 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 83.42% based on the average PTEN price forecast.
Analyzing the PTEN fundamentals
The Patterson-UTI Energy Inc [NASDAQ:PTEN] reported sales of 4.15B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 100.93%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.15% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.27.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 11.20 points at the first support level, and at 11.06 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 11.52, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 11.70.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Patterson-UTI Energy Inc [NASDAQ:PTEN]’s Current Ratio is 1.41. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.24 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.12, the price to book ratio is 0.97 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.17.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Drummond Robert Wayne Jr, Director, that happened on Mar 01 ’24 when 65344.0 shares were sold. Director, Drummond Robert Wayne Jr completed a deal on Feb 29 ’24 to sell 0.19 million shares. Meanwhile, Director CEPAK TIFFANY THOM sold 15000.0 shares on Dec 01 ’23.
