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Company name Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Stock ticker HP
Live stock price [stckqut]HP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Fair
Sales growth Fair
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $77.42
Target stock price (averages with growth) $77.02
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.15
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $78.36

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=hp

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. is engaged in contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others. The Company is also engaged in the ownership, development and operation of commercial real estate and the research and development of rotary steerable technology. The Company operates in three segments: U.S Land operates its drilling operations in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Utah, Arkansas, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, West Virginia and Nevada; Offshore operates its drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, and offshore of California and Equatorial Guinea, and International Land operates its drilling operations in six international locations, which include Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Tunisia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Helmerich & Payne, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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How was this analysis of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $73.33
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $6.51
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $11.47
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $126.2
  • Target stock price: $78.36

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