How Helmerich & Payne, Inc. stacks up

HP · against 196 other Energy companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

13/ 100

Near the bottom of its peers.

Ranked #165 of 197 · scores higher than 16% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

18 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including HP · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 13?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Energy peers.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 89% of peers. Return on assets: -2.2% vs peer median 4.4%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 85% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.6% vs peer median 9.3%
a thinner operating margin: weaker than 83% of peers. Operating margin: 2.3% vs peer median 11.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = HP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	HP	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported	1.6%	9.2%	17%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 193 reported	2.3%	13.4%	18%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 194 reported	-2.2%	4.4%	17%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 190 reported	-4.6%	11.8%	16%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 197 reported	31.8%	41.2%	38%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around HP

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL · US-listed	22.9B USD	100	72
2	Natural Resource Partners L.P.NRP · US-listed	1.6B USD	99	61
2	Permian Basin Royalty TrustPBT · US-listed	1.3B USD	99	59
2	Sabine Royalty TrustSBR · US-listed	1.0B USD	99	72
5	Black Stone Minerals, L.P.BSM · US-listed	3.2B USD	98	66
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161	Borr Drilling LimitedBORR · US-listed	1.1B USD	16	26
161	Vitesse Energy, Inc.VTS · US-listed	651M USD	16	39
163	Granite Ridge Resources, Inc.GRNT · US-listed	674M USD	15	45
164	TXO Partners, L.P.TXO · US-listed	755M USD	14	41
165	Helmerich & Payne, Inc.HP · US-listed	3.8B USD	13	45
166	ProPetro Holding Corp.PUMP · US-listed	882M USD	12	40
167	Core Natural Resources, Inc.CNR · US-listed	4.1B USD	11	60
167	IsoEnergy Ltd.ISOU · US-listed	526M USD	11	36
167	Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.PTEN · US-listed	4.5B USD	11	44

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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