Helmerich & Payne is a oil & gas drilling company located in Oklahoma, United States, which is part of the Energy sector, and is traded under the ticker HP on the NYSE exchange.
Helmerich & Payne stock last closed at $43.07, up 0.58% from the previous day, and has increased 20.21% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Oil & Gas Drilling industry by 0.23 percentage points. Helmerich & Payne stock is currently +41.65% from its 52-week low of $30.41, and -20.9% from its 52-week high of $54.45.
There are currently 99.43M HP shares outstanding. The market capitalization of HP is $4.28B. In the past 24 hours, 605,893 HP shares were traded.
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Analysts use many financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge HP's intrinsic value.
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Out of 9 Equities analysts who research HP, the consensus analyst rating on Helmerich & Payne is a Buy
Please keep in mind that analyst forecasts are not recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Neil Mehta, a top 4% analyst from Goldman Sachs maintains HP with a strong sell rating and raises their HP price target from $33.00 to $37.00, on Aug 9, 2023.
Daniel Kutz, a bottom 33% analyst from Morgan Stanley reiterates HP with a strong sell rating and maintains their HP price target from $42.00 to $42.00, on Aug 1, 2023.
Luke Lemoine, a top 8% analyst from Piper Sandler maintains HP with a strong buy rating and raises their HP price target from $45.00 to $51.00, on Jul 31, 2023.
Kurt Hallead, a top 9% analyst from Benchmark reiterates HP with a strong buy rating and maintains their HP price target from $50.00 to $50.00, on Jul 31, 2023.
Scott Gruber, a top 6% analyst from Citigroup maintains HP with a hold rating and raises their HP price target from $33.00 to $38.00, on Jul 18, 2023.
You can dig deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Helmerich & Payne stock forecast page.
Last year, HP earnings were $402.02M. Over the last 5 year, HP's earnings have increased by -1.69% per year. This was slower than the Oil & Gas Drilling industry average of 27.49%.
Last year, HP revenue was $2.84B. During the last five year, HP's revenue has gone up by 4.13% per year. This was slower than the Oil & Gas Drilling industry average of 34.12%.
You can research HP's earnings and revenue performance here.
In the last year, insiders at HP have sold more shares than they have bought.
Raymond John Adams Iii, SVP SALES MARKETING DIGITAL of HP, was the latest HP insider to sell. They sold $190,963.44 worth of HP shares on Jan 13, 2023.
Dig into more about who owns HP stock here.
Helmerich & Payne pays a dividend of 4.5%, compared to the Oil & Gas Drilling industry's average dividend yield of 2.43%. If you owned $1,000 worth of HP stock, you would have received $45.04 in the past year.
Helmerich & Payne dividend payments have not consistently grown over the past decade and have not remained stable.
Find more info about Helmerich & Payne dividend yield and history here.
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