Seasonality
PTEN seasonality — Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, PTEN's strongest month on average has been October (+6.0%) and its weakest August (-6.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.78% | +3.42% | 70% | +23.2% | -24.4% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.36% | +3.65% | 60% | +44.9% | -27.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.01% | -2.09% | 40% | +27.3% | -59.0% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.42% | -3.71% | 40% | +57.0% | -31.4% | 10 |
| May | -0.84% | -1.83% | 30% | +23.8% | -21.8% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.84% | -5.63% | 40% | +22.9% | -18.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.21% | +3.03% | 60% | +32.3% | -19.3% | 10 |
| Aug | -6.55% | -6.61% | 10% | +20.6% | -25.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.53% | -6.48% | 20% | +31.1% | -26.0% | 10 |
| Oct | +6.01% | -2.72% | 40% | +51.1% | -10.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.22% | +1.70% | 56% | +68.4% | -17.5% | 9 |
| Dec | +3.08% | +3.05% | 60% | +22.0% | -25.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PTEN
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23.2 | 13.0 | 27.3 | 12.8 | -8.3 | -18.1 | 14.2 | 20.6 | -13.6 | 22.0 | -25.5 | +62.4% | |
| 2025 | -2.3 | 3.0 | -1.1 | -31.4 | -2.1 | 7.4 | -0.3 | -1.7 | -10.8 | 21.0 | -7.3 | 5.2 | -26.0% |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | -9.4 | 1.9 | -6.0 | 6.1 | -16.2 | -16.9 | 0.3 | 9.5 | -1.7 | -23.5% |
| 2023 | -0.2 | -18.4 | -14.6 | -4.4 | -13.0 | 22.9 | 32.3 | -10.7 | -2.1 | -8.2 | -7.8 | -7.8 | -35.9% |
| 2022 | 17.9 | 44.9 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 16.1 | -17.4 | 5.0 | -10.0 | -21.6 | 51.1 | 1.7 | -6.2 | +99.3% |
| 2021 | 16.9 | 20.3 | -3.6 | -5.2 | 23.8 | 18.8 | -19.3 | -3.2 | 16.0 | -4.9 | -17.5 | 19.7 | +60.6% |
| 2020 | -24.4 | -27.8 | -59.0 | 57.0 | 0.0 | -6.0 | 11.8 | -0.8 | -26.0 | -10.2 | 68.4 | 22.0 | -49.9% |
| 2019 | 17.2 | 9.3 | 5.7 | -3.1 | -21.8 | 8.3 | 1.0 | -25.6 | -1.2 | -2.7 | 7.5 | 17.4 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2.6 | -23.5 | -3.1 | 22.3 | -3.5 | -13.0 | -4.4 | -0.4 | -0.1 | -2.8 | -16.6 | -25.4 | -55.0% |
| 2017 | 4.2 | -1.5 | -12.1 | -10.8 | -1.5 | -5.3 | -4.2 | -17.4 | 31.1 | -5.5 | 9.2 | 6.6 | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9 |