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Preston Caldwell
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Raising FVE for Land Drillers Nabors, Patterson on Higher Tier 1 Rig Activity Forecasts

We update our models for land drillers to fully incorporate 2016 results as well as our updated industry forecasts. As noted in our recent note on peer Helmerich & Payne, we have revised slightly upward our forecasts for midcycle (2020-2021) Tier 1 U.S. land rig counts. This, along with company-specific factors, has led to a slight revision upwards in our expectations for some land drillers. Our new Nabors fair value estimate is $8 per share, up from $7.25. Our new Patterson fair value estim...
Underlying
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.

Patterson-UTI Energy is an oilfield services company that primarily owns and operates fleets of land-based drilling rigs and a fleet of pressure pumping equipment. The company's business segments are: contract drilling services, which markets its contract drilling services to independent and other oil and natural gas operators; pressure pumping services, which provides pressure pumping services to oil and natural gas operators, primarily in Texas, the Mid-Continent region and the Appalachian region; and directional drilling services, which provides a suite of directional drilling services, including directional drilling and downhole performance motors in various onshore oil and natural gas basins.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Preston Caldwell

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