NASDAQ: PTEN · Oil & Gas Drilling
Over the past week, Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) racked up 13 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 43% bullish across the tracked sources. Wall Street is more constructive, with 9 of 15 analysts rating PTEN a buy.
There is little buzz around PTEN this week and broad agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 60% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from News at 36% to X at 50%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
15 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 9 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $13.36.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is improving and the 2 sources only partly agree, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
Analysts sit 17 points above the crowd average of 43%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 50% bullish while News sits at 36%, a 14-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) buzz held subdued around 36.3 while the price drifted up 13.5% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 9M shares. Updated Aug 15, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, PTEN gained 13.1%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 25.1 and was variable, swinging between 14.0 and 36.3. Recent volume is running below the 30-day average, pointing to quieter participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 6 of the 15 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Strong Buy (9 / 6 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 43% |
| Avg price target | $13.36 |
| Most bullish source | X, 50% |
| Most bearish source | News, 36% |
| Sentiment spread | 14 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 13 |
| Market cap | $4.14B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | n/a · 555.6 |
| EPS · Beta | -$0.24 · 0.6 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $4.67B · -2% margin |
| Industry | Oil & Gas Drilling |
Based on aggregated sentiment from X and News sources, Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 81/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 43% bullish across 2 active sources. Those sources contribute 13 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
The crowd reads bearish on Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), averaging 43% bullish across 2 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 50% bullish and News at 36%, a 14-point spread. On the professional side, 9 of 15 analysts rate PTEN a buy.
Of the 15 analysts covering Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), 9 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 0 a sell, for a strong buy consensus. The average price target is $13.36. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 43% bullish.
Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN)'s cross-source average is bearish at 43% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. X reads 50% bullish and news coverage is the most negative at 36% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 81/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) at 43% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. The most bearish reading is news at 36% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is rising across News. The hold signal carries 81/100 conviction.
News is the dominant discussion channel with 11 mentions (85% of total volume). X contributes 2 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 43% bullish, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. PTEN's hold signal at 81/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 43% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The PTEN sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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