HP vs RNGR vs SDRL Stock Comparison

Helmerich & Payne, Ranger Energy Services and Seadrill Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
$34.69 -12.4% 1M +31.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.52B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.00B
Div. yield
0.03%
Land Drilling Energy
1 win
SDRL SEADRILL Ltd
$41.15 -8.8% 1M +33.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.62B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.60B
Div. yield
–
Offshore Drilling Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Ranger Energy Services leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ranger Energy Services 7, Seadrill 2, Helmerich & Payne 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHPRNGRSDRLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.52B $296.66M $2.62B HP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -25.7x 20.7x -145.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.6x 58.0x RNGR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.6% +6.1% +17.1% SDRL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.4% 2.4% -1.1% RNGR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.0% 4.7% 0.0% RNGR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 0.1x 0.6x RNGR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +31.7% -8.5% +33.2% SDRL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.2%/yr +4.5%/yr — RNGR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.6% 35.3% 43.0% RNGR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 68/100 51/100 RNGR

Percentile Scorecard

HPRNGRSDRL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHPRNGRSDRL
Valuation 67 #16 of 47 91 #5 of 47 35 #31 of 47
Growth 42 #26 of 44 23 #34 of 44 77 #11 of 44
Profitability 25 #31 of 41 45 #23 of 41 23 #32 of 41
Financial Health 31 #32 of 46 80 #10 of 46 78 #11 of 46
Shareholder Returns 32 #22 of 32 100 #1 of 32 42 #19 of 32
Overall 40 68 51
  • HP ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • RNGR ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • SDRL ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHPRNGRSDRLSPY
1 month -12.4%-19.2%-8.8% -5.9%
3 months -6.4%-20.8%-4.2% -4.6%
6 months -6.0%-20.0%-13.7% +0.2%
Year to date +21.0%-9.3%+18.9% +7.5%
1 year +31.7%-8.5%+33.2% +8.2%
3 years -12.7%+10.6%+1.0% +68.3%
3 years, per year -4.4%+3.4%+0.3% +19.0%
5 years +1.1%+24.8%— +56.5%
5 years, per year +0.2%+4.5%— +9.4%
10 years -44.4%—— +251.5%
10 years, per year -5.7%—— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureHPRNGRSDRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.6%35.3%43.0% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.0%38.3%41.7% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.210.730.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.71-0.240.77 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.9%-41.1%-66.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.2%-31.2%-24.9% -5.9%
52-week high $47.64$18.43$54.80 $779.14
52-week low $26.10$12.68$28.40 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHPRNGRSDRL
P/E now vs peer median -25.3xmedian 22.0x 21.0xmedian 22.0x -141.7xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.1x 0.5xmedian 1.1x 1.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 8.1x 3.9xmedian 8.1x 6.5xmedian 8.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 14.2x 20.7xmedian 14.2x 66.6xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.4x 0.9xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.77median 0.45 -0.89median 0.45 —median 0.45

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHPRNGRSDRL
Revenue $4.00B $606.70M $1.60B
Gross profit $1.27B $107.20M $736.00M
Operating income $89.92M $22.70M $137.00M
Net income -$130.00M $14.30M -$18.00M
Free cash flow $315.29M $14.50M $38.00M
R&D $27.14M – –
EPS (diluted) $-1.37 $0.60 $-0.28
Cash & equivalents $204.43M $4.20M $483.00M
Total debt $1.86B $13.70M $737.00M
Shares (diluted) 100.03M 24.00M 65.00M
Enterprise value $2.60B $230.06M $1.16B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHPRNGRSDRL
P/E -25.3x 21.0x -141.7x
P/FCF 11.0x 20.7x 66.6x
P/Operating cash flow 6.0x 4.9x 22.0x
P/S 0.9x 0.5x 1.6x
P/B 1.3x 1.0x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 1.0x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 6.2x 3.9x 6.5x
EV/EBIT 56.7x 13.7x 20.3x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 0.5x 1.7x
EV/FCF 16.2x 21.4x 73.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.8x 5.1x 24.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.77 -0.89 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHPRNGRSDRL
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.6% 6.1% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.0% -2.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.7% 4.4% 24.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.1% -3.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -20.0% -27.7% 191.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -45.2% -21.9% –
Net income growth (1Y) -340.3% -36.2% -152.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -32.4% -24.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) -341.3% -39.7% -152.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.9% -23.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.8% -25.7% 505.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.7% -7.9% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 762.7% -66.4% 135.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.9% -27.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHPRNGRSDRL
Gross margin 31.8% 17.7% 46.1%
EBITDA margin 20.7% 13.1% 26.9%
Operating margin 2.3% 3.7% 8.6%
Pretax margin -1.0% 3.5% 0.4%
Net margin -3.4% 2.4% -1.1%
FCF margin 7.9% 2.4% 2.4%
Operating cash flow margin 14.5% 10.0% 7.2%
Return on equity -4.8% 4.7% -0.6%
Return on assets -2.0% 3.1% -0.4%
Return on invested capital 2.0% 4.7% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 1.6% 6.3% 3.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.3x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -4.5x 4.2x -6.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 1.1% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHPRNGRSDRL
Debt / assets 29.6% 2.9% 17.8%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.0x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 0.1x 0.6x
Debt / FCF 5.9x 0.9x 19.4x
Liabilities / assets 57.5% 35.2% 32.2%
Equity / assets 42.5% 64.8% 67.8%
Interest coverage 0.9x 9.1x 2.2x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.7x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.3x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.0x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 1.95 2.91 2.08

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHPRNGRSDRL
Dividend yield 2.9% 1.9% –
Net buyback yield – 4.6% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 2.9% 6.5% 1.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) -77.9% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 32.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -13.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -17.3% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHPRNGRSDRL
Forward P/E – 13.6xFY2026 58.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.40FY2026 $0.93FY2026 $0.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -142.6%FY2026 +72.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +52.7% +402.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.22BFY2026 $648.19MFY2026 $1.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.6%FY2026 +18.5%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.4% +8.5% +20.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHPRNGRSDRL
Held by institutions 100.0% 84.6% 97.4%
Institutions holding 377 146 240
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +7.9% -3.9%
Institutions buying 177 82 141
Institutions selling 125 43 60
Buyers to sellers 1.42 1.91 2.35

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HPRNGRSDRL
HP 1.00 0.56 0.64
RNGR 0.56 1.00 0.56
SDRL 0.64 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HP, RNGR and SDRL?

Helmerich & Payne (HP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Helmerich & Payne (HP) $3.52B, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) $296.66M, Seadrill (SDRL) $2.62B.

Which company is growing faster?

Seadrill (SDRL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Helmerich & Payne (HP) +16.6%, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) +6.1%, Seadrill (SDRL) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) has the highest net margin (Helmerich & Payne (HP) -3.4%, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) 2.4%, Seadrill (SDRL) -1.1%). On return on invested capital, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) leads (Helmerich & Payne (HP) 2.0%, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) 4.7%, Seadrill (SDRL) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Seadrill (SDRL) returned the most: Helmerich & Payne (HP) +31.7%, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) -8.5%, Seadrill (SDRL) +33.2%. Over five years, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) compounded fastest (Helmerich & Payne (HP) +0.2%/yr, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) +4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Helmerich & Payne (HP) 0.03%, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) 0.00%, Seadrill (SDRL) 0.00%. Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) and Seadrill (SDRL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) has been the steadiest (Helmerich & Payne (HP) 44.6%, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) 35.3%, Seadrill (SDRL) 43.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HP, RNGR and SDRL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ranger Energy Services (RNGR) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.