Friday’s 10 Worst Performing Stocks

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1. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN)

Patterson-UTI dropped its share prices for a second day on Friday, losing 19.41 percent at intra-day trading amid the overall market sentiment, with investors shunning news that it maintained a consistent number of drilling rigs in operation.

According to the company, it currently has an average of 106 rigs actively earning revenues under contract in the US.

Despite posting net losses last year, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN), an oil and gas drilling services company, still received an optimistic outlook from Zacks Research late last month.

According to the investment firm, the oil and gas company is expected to earn up to $0.04 per share for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, higher than the $0.02 estimate.

For the full year, however, Zacks expects earnings per share to settle at -$0.10.

In its latest earnings release, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) swung to a $51.58 million net loss attributable to shareholders in the last quarter of 2024, a reversal from the $61.95 million net income in the same period a year earlier.

It also dived to a net loss of $968 million last year from a $246.3-million net income in 2023.

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