Both in Oil & Gas Extraction

Helmerich & Payne vs Patterson-UTI Energy

Over the past year HP returned +63.7% and PTEN returned +112.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

HP +63.7% PTEN +112.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHPPTEN
Price$42.99$13.32
Market cap$4.30B$5.08B
Today+3.39%+4.96%
1 month+12.5%+17.9%
6 months+6.3%+11.1%
Year to date+49.9%+118.0%
1 year+61.7%+105.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)−0.6%+0.7%
Gross margin29.5%22.9%
Net margin7.2%−1.6%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales1.1×1.1×
Net cash-$1.63B-$1.04B
Dividend yield2.33%3.00%
Volatility (60d)43.6%46.7%
Short % of float7.3%7.3%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).