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Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on HP

What this diary said about Helmerich and Payne Inc, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for HP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 8 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Verdict day two: six earnings windows close as MongoDB and GitLab print” (2026-09-01)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where HP appears in the diary — 8 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 43, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-16
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 82th percentile of the window, -8.0% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.09 · down 0.09 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-16
How it trades on rate days beta −1.20 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How HP has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −1.20 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Helmerich and Payne Inc moved −1.20% on average · correlation −0.26 · higher than 1% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −1.54 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.17% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.66% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Drilling · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Drilling · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against HP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-10-12

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for HP from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 50 from 49 Target raised to $50 from $49 (+23.4% to spot) 2026-10-12
  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 41 from 36 Target raised to $41 from $36 (-6.3% to spot) 2026-08-20

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.67%, quarterly · last 0.25 USD on 2026-08-18

Dividends and capital return

What HP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.00 USD per share · a 2.67% yield on the 2026-10-16 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-16
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-18
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.00 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.75 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Helmerich and Payne Inc

Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) trades on US exchanges.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-18

Quick answers

What is Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP)?

Helmerich and Payne Inc trades as HP on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-18.

Is HP in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Helmerich and Payne Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-18.

Where does HP trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -9.7% vs the 50-day and +2.3% vs the 200-day average, 22.3% below the 52-week high and +70.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-16 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Helmerich and Payne Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Oil & Gas Drilling · US), Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) sits 22.3% below its 52-week high, 9.7% below its 50-day average; Transocean Ltd (RIG) is 26.6% below, Valaris Ltd (VAL) is 25.2% below, Seadrill Limited (SDRL) is 14.8% below. Put any of them next to HP in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Helmerich and Payne Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Helmerich and Payne Inc had a beta of −1.20 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 1% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.17% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Helmerich and Payne Inc?

Helmerich and Payne Inc appears in 8 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: Verdict day two: six earnings windows close as MongoDB and GitLab print (2026-09-01); Morning 10: Verdict day: five earnings windows close as chip stocks wobble (2026-08-31); Chart Pick: This company's software designs every AI chip that ships — it sat out the entire AI advance for a year, then flipped an overnight shrug into the week's cleanest double-digit payment (2026-08-28). What Closelooknet said most recently: Last night this page scored its own record: five Wednesday windows closed, four paid — Salesforce's record +25.3%, CrowdStrike's +22.1% card record with a fresh 233.85 high, Synopsys's +7.2%, Nvidia's +5.3% ending an eight-print drought… (Morning 10, 2026-09-01). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does Helmerich and Payne Inc pay a dividend?

Helmerich and Payne Inc has paid 1.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.67% on the 2026-10-16 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-08-18. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Helmerich and Payne Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Helmerich and Payne Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-10-12 (target 50 from 49). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Oil & Gas Drilling, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.