PTEN — Patterson-UTI Energy Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates PTEN Bearish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 27, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction27
Actionability0 (no mans land)

Key signals behind this score

About Patterson-UTI Energy Inc

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides drilling and completion services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States, Canada, Colombia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Drilling Services, Completion Services, and Drilling Products. The Contract Drilling Services segment engages in the provision of contract and directional drilling, and measurement-while-drilling (… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$11.31
Market Cap$4.38B
Float374.5M
Shares Outstanding381.4M
P/E (Forward)35.71
Price/Sales (TTM)0.94
vs. Analyst Target+23.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin-1.92%
Operating Margin (TTM)-0.47%
Revenue (TTM)$4.67B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-97.90%
Dividend Rate0.4%
Analyst Target Price$13.93 (15 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $1.12B -$804M -$349M -$219M
2021 $1.36B -$655M -$574M $171M
2022 $2.65B $155M $317M $210M
2023 $4.15B $246M $604M $1.09B
2024 $5.38B -$968M $286M $287M
2025 $4.83B -$93.6M $230M $908M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $1.18B -$36.4M
Dec 2025 $1.15B -$9.1M
Mar 2026 $1.12B -$24.6M
Jun 2026 $1.23B -$19.6M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership1.9%
Institutional Ownership115.9%
Short Float10.2%
% of All Funds Holding4.93%
Number of Funds Holding434

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$11.65Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$10.32Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$8.11Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$10.00Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$10.48Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$8.26Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$9.49Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$9.00 support 1.27x 6 months ago
$6.20 support 1.05x 8 months ago
$5.20 support 1.03x 11 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (122 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.49% 0.27% 58.20% 9.96% -5.36%
1 Day 0.59% 0.59% 54.92% 13.64% -10.38%
1 Week 1.63% 1.36% 55.74% 44.44% -18.37%
2 Weeks 2.26% 1.89% 55.74% 44.63% -19.71%
1 Month 2.94% 1.02% 52.89% 80.79% -70.07%

Next earnings: October 28, 2026 (17 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.8%57.6%33
Feb3.1%60.6%33
Mar5.1%60.6%33
Apr6.0%63.6%33
May-0.2%42.4%33
Jun0.7%45.5%33
Jul1.2%51.5%33
Aug-1.4%33.3%33
Sep1.1%51.5%33
Oct2.6%53.1%32
Nov0.3%50.0%32
Dec3.5%57.6%33

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 45.6% 1558
Tuesday 0.14% 47.9% 1701
Wednesday 0.24% 50.1% 1700
Thursday 0.01% 47.2% 1667
Friday 0.09% 50.0% 1659

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 115.9%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 1.9%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings19
Net Value-$18.3M
Net Shares Change-2,976,995
% of Float-0.8%
C-Suite Filings11
Clusters Detected3

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Hendricks William Andrew JR President & CEO -$10.2M 3 4 sell
Drummond Robert Wayne Jr -$2.6M 1 1 sell
STEWART JAMES CARL -$2.4M 1 1 sell
Holcomb James Michael EVP & Chief Operating Officer -$2.1M 2 2 sell
Wexler Seth David EVP, General Counsel&Secretary -$1.9M 2 2 sell
Smith Charles Andrew EVP & Chief Financial Officer -$434,998.94 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-05-04 – 2026-05-07 7 7 -$11.0M 5 C-suite
2026-06-01 – 2026-06-10 3 3 -$4.3M 3 C-suite
2026-08-26 – 2026-09-03 4 4 -$9.7M 2 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-09-03 Wexler Seth David EVP, General Counsel&Secretary -$1.5M Transaction at $12.75, now -11.3%
2026-09-03 Hendricks William Andrew JR President & CEO -$3.2M Transaction at $12.93, now -12.5%
2026-09-03 Drummond Robert Wayne Jr -$2.6M Transaction at $12.85, now -12.0%
2026-05-04 Hendricks William Andrew JR President & CEO -$4.7M Transaction at $11.62, now -2.7%
2026-08-26 STEWART JAMES CARL -$2.4M Transaction at $11.54, now -2.0%
2026-06-01 Holcomb James Michael EVP & Chief Operating Officer -$1.7M Transaction at $11.47, now -1.4%

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