Company Analysis

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN)

Nasdaq: PTEN · Drilling Oil & Gas Wells · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.2
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.9▶ Future 4.1

The grade of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future4.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+20.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $916 million in fiscal 2016 to $4.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 20.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 66% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span20.2%top 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak66.2%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 20.4% a year. 29% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 20.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 29% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 42%: owes 42¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 42 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 29% of 11 in its family; net margin -2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 6% by size; a net margin of -2% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 23.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.79Btop 6% of its family
  • net margin-2.0%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth23.1%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 49% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2012.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hendricks, William Andrew Jr (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2012-10-02, 14.1 years (top 21% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.6 years (bottom 42%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.6 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record14.1 yearstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $419 million against debt of $1.2 billion leaves -14.5% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.8% of revenue (bottom 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-14.5%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.8%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 23.1% a year over the last three filed years against 20.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew -9.8% (bottom 14%); capital spending grew 10.5% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Completion Services at $2.9 billion (60%), Drilling Services at $1.6 billion (32%), Drilling Products at $344 million (7%), and 1 more; 0 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.9 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-9.8%bottom 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending10.5%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 47% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 37.3% below the $7.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 5% of its family); net income of $94 million against a prior three-year average of $189 million (top 32%); a net margin of -2% against -2% before (top 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-37.3%bottom 5% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+51%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointstop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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