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PTEN vs SHEL

Side-by-side comparison of Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (PTEN) and Shell PLC (SHEL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both PTEN and SHEL operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SHEL is the larger of the two at $248.15B, about 56.8x PTEN ($4.37B).
  • Over the past year, PTEN is up 94.4% and SHEL is up 25.1% - PTEN leads by 69.3 points.
  • SHEL has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for PTEN).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformancePTEN+94.43%SHEL+25.14%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricPTENSHEL
Company
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.
Shell PLC
Price
$11.51-6.19%
$85.39-1.56%
Market cap
$4.37B
$248.15B
1M return
-0.52%
-2.05%
1Y return
+94.43%
+25.14%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
1993
2022
News (4w)
6
9
Recent ratings
25
25
PTEN

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides onshore contract drilling services to oil and natural gas operators in the United States and Canada. It operates through three segments: Contract Drilling Services, Pressure Pumping Services, and Directional Drilling Services. The Contract Drilling Services segment markets its contract drilling services primarily in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico, north central and east Texas, northern Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, south Texas, western Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. As of December 31, 2020, this segment had a drilling fleet of 210 marketable land-based drilling rigs. The Pressure Pumping Services segment offers pressure pumping services that consist of well stimulation for the completion of new wells and remedial work on existing wells, as well as hydraulic fracturing, cementing, and acid pumping services in Texas and the Appalachian region. The Directional Drilling Services segment provides a suite of directional drilling services, including directional drilling and measurement-while-drilling services; supply and rental of downhole performance motors and wireline steering tools; and services that enhance the accuracy of horizontal wellbore placement. It also service equipment to drilling contractors, as well as provides electrical controls and automation to the energy, marine, and mining industries in North America and other markets; and owns and invests in oil and natural gas assets as a non-operating working interest owner located principally in Texas and New Mexico. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

SHEL

Shell PLC

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and marine vessels. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such ase low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services, as well as electricity storage. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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