Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

PTEN stock score: 59/100

$11.97 · +5.56% · Scored Oct 23, 2026

Technical
61
Fundamental
57
News
52

The reading

Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) scores 59 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 44% of Energy stocks and 72% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 61, fundamentals 57.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Revenue Quality (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while Forward P/E at 7 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 63 and contrarian oscillators 44.

News sentiment is neutral at 52; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 53 to 70, and it is up 5 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward PTEN’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

57

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

  • Asset Turnover96

    Asset turnover is revenue divided by total assets: how much sales a company generates from each dollar of assets.

Holding it back

  • Forward P/E7

    Forward P/E ratio uses estimated future earnings to calculate valuation.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)19

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Profitability (Quarterly)20

    Earnings Profitability (Quarterly) measures recent profitability using trailing 12-month quarterly data.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

63

Pulling it up

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • EMA 50 Cross Up100

    EMA 50 Cross Up detects when price crosses above the 50-period EMA.

  • SMA 50 Cross Up100

    SMA 50 Cross Up detects when faster averages cross above the 50-period SMA.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)17

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SPY SMA 1021

    SPY SMA 10 evaluates the S&P 500 (SPY) position relative to its 10-period simple moving average.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
52

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly601
Daily633
Weekly672
Monthly602
Quarterly532

Composite score, last 90 days

05010059Jul 25, 2026Oct 23, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 54Jul 26, 2026: 54Jul 27, 2026: 67Jul 28, 2026: 65Jul 29, 2026: 67Jul 30, 2026: 68Jul 31, 2026: 70Aug 2, 2026: 56Aug 3, 2026: 55Aug 5, 2026: 53Aug 6, 2026: 55Aug 7, 2026: 54Aug 8, 2026: 53Aug 9, 2026: 53Aug 10, 2026: 59Aug 11, 2026: 60Aug 12, 2026: 60Aug 13, 2026: 59Aug 14, 2026: 60Aug 15, 2026: 60Aug 16, 2026: 60Aug 17, 2026: 61Aug 18, 2026: 60Aug 19, 2026: 59Aug 20, 2026: 60Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 60Aug 25, 2026: 60Aug 26, 2026: 60Aug 27, 2026: 61Aug 28, 2026: 62Aug 29, 2026: 61Aug 30, 2026: 61Aug 31, 2026: 62Sep 1, 2026: 62Sep 2, 2026: 62Sep 3, 2026: 61Sep 4, 2026: 60Sep 5, 2026: 60Sep 6, 2026: 61Sep 7, 2026: 60Sep 8, 2026: 62Sep 9, 2026: 62Sep 10, 2026: 62Sep 11, 2026: 61Sep 12, 2026: 60Sep 13, 2026: 60Sep 14, 2026: 59Sep 15, 2026: 61Sep 16, 2026: 58Sep 17, 2026: 58Sep 18, 2026: 57Sep 19, 2026: 58Sep 20, 2026: 58Sep 21, 2026: 57Sep 22, 2026: 56Sep 23, 2026: 57Sep 24, 2026: 58Sep 25, 2026: 55Sep 26, 2026: 55Sep 27, 2026: 55Sep 28, 2026: 54Sep 29, 2026: 53Sep 30, 2026: 55Oct 1, 2026: 56Oct 2, 2026: 57Oct 3, 2026: 56Oct 4, 2026: 56Oct 5, 2026: 58Oct 6, 2026: 58Oct 7, 2026: 57Oct 8, 2026: 58Oct 9, 2026: 57Oct 10, 2026: 57Oct 11, 2026: 57Oct 12, 2026: 57Oct 13, 2026: 58Oct 14, 2026: 58Oct 15, 2026: 56Oct 16, 2026: 58Oct 17, 2026: 58Oct 18, 2026: 58Oct 19, 2026: 59Oct 20, 2026: 59Oct 21, 2026: 59Oct 22, 2026: 56Oct 23, 2026: 59
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Key facts

Market cap
$4.6B
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Drilling
Beta
0.78
Risk grade (1–10)
1
Next earnings
Oct 28, 2026

Oil & Gas Drilling peers

CompanyMarket capScore
NE Noble Corporation$7.0B59
RIG Transocean$6.8B57
VAL Valaris$6.4B69
HP Helmerich & Payne$3.7B51
SDRL Seadrill$3.1B60

Questions

What is PTEN's stock score today?

PTEN scores 59/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 23, 2026: technical 61, fundamental 57, and news sentiment 52, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is PTEN a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 59 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the PTEN score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Energy ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.