PTEN vs NBR vs ZNOG Stock Comparison

Patterson Uti Energy, Nabors Industries and Zion Oil & Gas Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd
$80.93 -2.5% 1M +74.5% 1Y
Market cap
$1.17B
P/E
4.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Land Drilling Energy
4 wins
ZNOG Zion Oil & Gas Inc
$0.35 -20.5% 1M +75.0% 1Y
Market cap
$410.19K
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Patterson Uti Energy leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Patterson Uti Energy 4, Nabors Industries 4, Zion Oil & Gas 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPTENNBRZNOGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.66B $1.17B $410.19K PTEN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -51.9x 4.7x -0.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.9% +5.6% — NBR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1.9% 7.6% — NBR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.9% -32.7% — PTEN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.2x -1.9x — NBR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +77.1% +74.5% +75.0% PTEN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.5%/yr -7.7%/yr +21.9%/yr ZNOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.3% 51.4% 71.6% PTEN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 56/100 37/100 NBR

Percentile Scorecard

PTENNBRZNOG

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

AxisPTENNBRZNOG
Valuation 59 #20 of 47 83 #9 of 47 31 #69 of 99
Growth 42 #26 of 44 72 #13 of 44 41 #58 of 97
Profitability 23 #32 of 41 55 #19 of 41 16 #81 of 96
Financial Health 42 #27 of 46 13 #40 of 46 96 #5 of 102
Shareholder Returns 94 #3 of 32 – 1 #75 of 76
Overall 52 56 37
  • PTEN ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • NBR ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • ZNOG ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPTENNBRZNOGSPY
1 month +8.1%-2.5%-20.5% -1.0%
3 months +17.4%-2.9%-22.2% +2.9%
6 months +5.6%-10.0%-12.5% +6.4%
Year to date +95.9%+49.0%+59.1% +11.4%
1 year +77.1%+74.5%+75.0% +13.1%
3 years -10.9%-29.4%+400.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year -3.8%-11.0%+71.1% +21.5%
5 years +31.0%-32.9%+169.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +5.5%-7.7%+21.9% +10.9%
10 years -50.9%-87.6%-73.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year -6.9%-18.8%-12.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasurePTENNBRZNOGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.3%51.4%71.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.2%47.8%79.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.370.440.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.531.451.05 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.9%-87.7%-91.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.0%-26.8%-46.2% -2.5%
52-week high $13.15$110.63$0.65 $779.14
52-week low $5.41$46.19$0.16 $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.

MultiplePTENNBRZNOG
P/E now vs peer median -50.7xmedian 25.5x 4.7xmedian 25.5x -0.1xmedian 13.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.2x 0.4xmedian 1.2x —median 2.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 8.8x -3.4xmedian 8.8x 1.2xmedian 5.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.7xmedian 14.7x 32.6xmedian 14.7x 0.0xmedian 11.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.6x 1.4xmedian 1.6x 0.0xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.75median 0.41 0.05median 0.41 0.00median 2.24

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 monthsPTENNBRZNOG
Revenue $4.67B $3.23B –
Gross profit $1.11B $1.25B –
Operating income -$49.57M -$1.50B -$8.22M
Net income -$89.62M $322.20M -$8.19M
Free cash flow $177.73M $39.65M -$17.64M
R&D – $54.02M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.24 $17.31 $-0.01
Cash & equivalents $203.17M $509.78M $9.61M
Total debt $4.95B $9.08B –
Shares (diluted) 380.19M 14.27M 843.21M
Enterprise value $3.51B -$1.21B -$38.58M

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
MetricPTENNBRZNOG
P/E -50.7x 4.7x -0.1x
P/FCF 25.7x 32.6x 0.0x
P/Operating cash flow 6.2x 1.8x 0.0x
P/S 1.0x 0.4x –
P/B 1.5x 1.4x 0.0x
P/Tangible book 1.9x 1.4x 0.0x
EV/EBITDA 6.7x -3.4x 1.2x
EV/EBIT -112.9x -1.9x 1.1x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 0.9x –
EV/FCF 31.5x 73.2x 0.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.6x 4.1x 1.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.75 0.05 0.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPTENNBRZNOG
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.9% 5.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 2.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -11.7% -0.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.9% 0.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 95.2% 14.3% -14.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -28.4% 4.2% 46.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 91.7% 3,034% -15.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -31.2% 180.0% 46.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 91.6% 298.9% -15.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -28.9% 88.1% 54.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -23.6% 32.0% -46.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 2.0% -22.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -46.6% 126.8% -16.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -22.6% -40.2% -55.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPTENNBRZNOG
Gross margin 23.8% 38.8% –
EBITDA margin 17.8% -26.4% –
Operating margin -1.1% -46.3% –
Pretax margin -2.4% 14.9% –
Net margin -1.9% 7.6% –
FCF margin 3.8% 1.2% –
Operating cash flow margin 15.7% 21.7% –
Return on equity -2.9% 33.9% -16.6%
Return on assets -1.7% 7.3% -15.2%
Return on invested capital -0.9% -32.7% –
Return on capital employed -1.1% -39.8% -16.3%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.7x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -8.2x 2.2x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPTENNBRZNOG
Debt / assets 23.0% 48.0% –
Debt / equity 0.4x 2.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.2x -1.9x –
Debt / FCF 6.9x 53.5x –
Liabilities / assets 42.2% 78.6% 9.2%
Equity / assets 57.8% 21.4% 90.8%
Interest coverage -0.7x -7.8x –
Current ratio 1.7x 1.9x 3.9x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.6x 2.8x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.8x 2.8x
Altman Z-score 1.82 -0.61 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPTENNBRZNOG
Dividend yield 3.2% – –
Net buyback yield 0.9% – -61.1%
Shareholder yield 4.1% 0.0% -61.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusPTENNBRZNOG
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 $-2.20FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY – -112.7%FY2026 –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.71BFY2026 $3.26BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -2.6%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +5.1% +6.8% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPTENNBRZNOG
Held by institutions 100.0% 76.0% –
Institutions holding 435 242 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +8.5% –
Institutions buying 258 146 –
Institutions selling 111 64 –
Buyers to sellers 2.32 2.28 –

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.

PTENNBRZNOG
PTEN 1.00 0.72 0.10
NBR 0.72 1.00 0.09
ZNOG 0.10 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PTEN, NBR and ZNOG?

Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) $4.66B, Nabors Industries (NBR) $1.17B, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) $410.19K.

Which company is growing faster?

Nabors Industries (NBR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) -6.9%, Nabors Industries (NBR) +5.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nabors Industries (NBR) has the highest net margin (Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) -1.9%, Nabors Industries (NBR) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) leads (Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) -0.9%, Nabors Industries (NBR) -32.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) returned the most: Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) +77.1%, Nabors Industries (NBR) +74.5%, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) +75.0%. Over five years, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) compounded fastest (Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) +5.5%/yr, Nabors Industries (NBR) -7.7%/yr, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) +21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) has been the steadiest (Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) 50.3%, Nabors Industries (NBR) 51.4%, Zion Oil & Gas (ZNOG) 71.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PTEN, NBR and ZNOG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) leads on 4. 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.