The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

PTEN

Concerning the House

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides drilling and completion services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States, Canada, Colombia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Drilling Services, Completion Services, and Drilling Products. The Contract Drilling Services segment engages in the provision of contract and directional drilling, and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) services in onshore oil and natural gas basins; supply and rental of downhole performance motors, such as Mpact drilling motors, and Mpower MWD systems; electrical controls and automation to the energy, marine, and mining industries; rig fleet evaluation; and drilling technology service. This segment also provides software and services, such as MWD Survey Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) services, a data analytics technology to analyze MWD survey data in real-time and identify the position of a well; HiFi Nav, which enhances FDIR by targeting improved vertical placement of the directional well within the reservoir; and HiFi Guidance that utilizes trajectory optimization to determine optimal steering recommendations and placement within the reservoir. The Completion Services segment offers services for hydraulic fracturing, wireline and pumping, completion support, equipment, materials, and cementing, as well as involved in the power solutions natural gas fueling, and last mile logistics and storage businesses. The Drilling Products segment engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and rental of matrix and steel-bodied polycrystalline diamond compact drill bits. It also rents oilfield tools; and offers specialized services for land-based oil and natural gas drilling, completion, and workover activities. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

United States · www.patenergy.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$4.07B+4.3%
Operating income$351.95M+8.3%
Net income-$93.64M-9.3%
Cash from ops$961.22M+6.5%
Quotation

$10.90

-0.12 (-1.1%)

52w hi$12.74
52w lo$5.00
Vol4.65M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.11

Short-0.11
Medium-0.00
Long-0.34

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

Energy · Oil & Gas Drilling

Market cap$4.14B
Enterprise value$5.29B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E49.77x
EV / EBITDA6.12x
P / S (ttm)0.89x
Profit margin-1.9%
Return on equity-2.8%
Revenue growth+0.7%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity41.38
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.29
Corr SPX0.38
Annual vol54.8%
Annual ret+25.5%
Sharpe0.46
Max DD-45.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental-0.04
Sector+0.13
Technical-0.05
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$10.75$11.08$10.73$10.904.65M
Aug 12$11.00$11.11$10.84$11.025.43M
Aug 11$10.95$11.10$10.85$11.066.10M
Aug 10$10.13$11.04$10.13$10.999.60M
Aug 7$9.90$10.17$9.78$9.875.44M