Both in Oil & Gas Extraction

Patterson-UTI Energy vs Helmerich & Payne

Over the past year PTEN returned +108.1% and HP returned +59.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

PTEN +108.1% HP +59.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPTENHP
Price$13.32$42.99
Market cap$5.08B$4.30B
Today+4.96%+3.39%
1 month+17.9%+12.5%
6 months+11.1%+6.3%
Year to date+118.0%+49.9%
1 year+105.2%+61.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.7%−0.6%
Gross margin22.9%29.5%
Net margin−1.6%7.2%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales1.1×1.1×
Net cash-$1.04B-$1.63B
Dividend yield3.00%2.33%
Volatility (60d)46.7%43.6%
Short % of float7.3%7.3%
Next earnings——

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