Patterson-UTI Energy
PTEN · Oil & Gas Drilling
$11.97
5.6%Transocean
RIG · Oil & Gas Drilling
$6.41
5.4%The short version
- Patterson-UTI Energy is the larger business, with $4.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.0B for Transocean.
- Transocean grew revenue faster (12.5%, against −10.3%).
- Patterson-UTI Energy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (−0.9% operating margin, against −58.9% operating margin).
- Transocean turned more of its sales into free cash flow (15.8% FCF margin, against 7.7% FCF margin).
- Patterson-UTI Energy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (−0.8%, against −12.4%).
| Latest fiscal year | PTEN · FY25 | RIG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $4.6B | $7.7B |
| Revenue | $4.8B | $4.0B |
| Free cash flow | $372M | $626M |
| Net income | −$93.6M | −$2.9B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −10.3% | 12.5% |
| 5-year growth | 33.8% | 4.7% |
| Share count change | −3.5% | 3.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 39.3% |
| Operating margin | −0.9% | −58.9% |
| Net margin | −1.9% | −73.5% |
| FCF margin | 7.7% | 15.8% |
| Return on capital | −0.8% | −12.4% |
| Return on equity | −2.8% | −31.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $822M | $5.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $192M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
FY16
PTEN $916M
RIG $4.2B
FY17
PTEN $2.4B
RIG $3.0B
FY18
PTEN $3.3B
RIG $3.0B
FY19
PTEN $2.5B
RIG $3.1B
FY20
PTEN $1.1B
RIG $3.2B
FY21
PTEN $1.4B
RIG $2.6B
FY22
PTEN $2.6B
RIG $2.6B
FY23
PTEN $4.1B
RIG $2.8B
FY24
PTEN $5.4B
RIG $3.5B
FY25
PTEN $4.8B
RIG $4.0B
PTEN
RIG
FY16
PTEN −49.8%
RIG 26.6%
FY17
PTEN −12.4%
RIG −84.3%
FY18
PTEN −9.7%
RIG −41.5%
FY19
PTEN −18.7%
RIG −23.4%
FY20
PTEN −79.4%
RIG −15.6%
FY21
PTEN −49.9%
RIG −4.4%
FY22
PTEN 8.0%
RIG −1.2%
FY23
PTEN 8.5%
RIG −11.5%
FY24
PTEN −16.5%
RIG −11.8%
FY25
PTEN −0.9%
RIG −58.9%
PTEN
RIG
FY16
PTEN $185M
RIG $636M
FY17
PTEN −$266M
RIG $673M
FY18
PTEN $89.2M
RIG $374M
FY19
PTEN $349M
RIG −$47.0M
FY20
PTEN $133M
RIG $133M
FY21
PTEN −$70.8M
RIG $367M
FY22
PTEN $129M
RIG −$269M
FY23
PTEN $390M
RIG −$263M
FY24
PTEN $497M
RIG $193M
FY25
PTEN $372M
RIG $626M
PTEN
RIG
FY16
PTEN −11.8%
RIG 4.6%
FY17
PTEN −6.1%
RIG −10.3%
FY18
PTEN −5.5%
RIG −5.2%
FY19
PTEN −9.1%
RIG −2.8%
FY20
PTEN −22.3%
RIG −2.1%
FY21
PTEN −21.2%
RIG −0.5%
FY22
PTEN 8.3%
RIG −0.1%
FY23
PTEN 6.8%
RIG −1.5%
FY24
PTEN −13.5%
RIG −2.0%
FY25
PTEN −0.8%
RIG −12.4%
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