Patterson UTI Energy price to free cash flow PTEN

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 25.7×
10-year median: 9.3×
Against its 10-year history: 89th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.9× to 162×
Peer median: 17.6×

Patterson UTI Energy's price to free cash flow is 25.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 9.3×, higher than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.9× in Apr 2020 to 162× in May 2017.

The median for 10 energy stocks of a similar size is 17.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 9.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	25.7×	8.3×	27.6×
2025	7.7×	4.4×	8.3×
2024	5.4×	5.1×	15.4×
2023	13.8×	6.7×	24.7×
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	69.5×	5.9×	76.7×
2020	5.0×	0.9×	5.4×
2019	5.3×	4.5×	36.8×
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	136×	17.7×	162×
2016	17.3×	7.6×	25.9×
2015	27.2×	25.3×	29.1×
2014	74.7×	18.3×	106×
2013	22.4×	20.2×	118×

Against its peers

Companies in Energy nearest Patterson UTI Energy's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
PTENPatterson UTI Energy	25.7×
CNRCore Natural Resources	17.6×
DKDelek US	6.7×
HCCWarrior MET Coal	292×
SEISolaris Energy Infrastructure	n/m
KGSKodiak Gas Services	n/m
CRKComstock Resources	n/m
WHDCactus	n/m
AROCArchrock	17.5×
VVVValvoline	29.8×
HESMHess Midstream	4.7×
Peer median	17.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Patterson UTI Energy

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.