PTEN - PattersonUTI Energy Inc.

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Business Predictability Rank: 2-Star (On Watch)

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 2-Star stocks: 6%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 16%.

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P/E: (before NRI)	29.3	Lower P/E: SLB (20.1), HAL (15.8), RIG (6.6), GSF (13.3),
Price/Book:	1.1	Lower P/B: SII (1), NBR (1), CGV (0.8), RDC (0.9),
Price/Sales:	1.1	Lower P/S: SII (0.5), NBR (1), MDR (0.8), CGV (0.9),
Net Margin:	4.94%	Higher Margin: NE (45.72%), ATW (44.99%), ESV (41.99%),
Yield:	1.3%	Higher Yield: GMR (27.6%), TNK (19%), WH (17.7%), KSP (16.3%),
Market Cap:	$2.3 Bil	EPS: (before NRI)	$0.51	Shares Outstanding:	153.61 Mil

Oil Equipment & Services COMPARE: PDC, UDRL, HP, GW

Patterson is one of the leading providers of domestic land drillingservices more

Gurus Trades with PTEN: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Company	Picked By	Date (?)	Action	Impact to Portfolio (?)	Price Range (Average)* (?)	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
PTEN	Patterso...	Irving Kahn	2009-09-30	Buy	0.06%	$11.63 - $15.31 ($14)	$ 14.95	7%	New holding, 19000 sh.	19,000
PTEN	Patterso...	Richard Snow	2009-09-30	Add (history)	0.12%	$11.63 - $15.31 ($14)	$ 14.95	7%	Add 4.6%	4,324,208
PTEN	Patterso...	David Einhorn	2008-12-31	Buy	0.46%	$9.5 - $13.07 ($11.1)	$ 14.95	35%	New holding, 791153 sh.	791,153
PTEN	Patterso...	Robert Rodriguez	2008-12-31	Add (history)	0.85%	$9.5 - $13.07 ($11.1)	$ 14.95	35%	Add 11.5%	4,208,000
PTEN	Patterso...	George Soros	2008-09-30	Sold Out (history)		$20.7 - $33.92 ($27.1)	$ 14.95	-45%	Sold Out	0
PTEN	Patterso...	George Soros	2008-06-30	Buy	0.39%	$26.56 - $35.73 ($31.2)	$ 14.95	-52%	New holding, 267900 sh.	267,900
PTEN	Patterso...	Robert Rodriguez	2008-06-30	Reduce (history)	--0.62%	$26.56 - $35.73 ($31.2)	$ 14.95	-52%	Reduce -4.99%	3,774,000
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.

PTEN is held by these Gurus: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
PTEN	Irving Kahn	2009-09-30	19000	0.01	0.06	New
PTEN	Richard Snow	2009-09-30	4324208	2.82	2.64	4.6%
PTEN	David Einhorn	2009-09-30	3115000	2.03	1.81	0%
PTEN	Robert Rodriguez	2009-09-30	3591000	2.34	6.58	-14.66%
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PTEN: Insider Buys/Sells (?)

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)
TALBOTT CLOYCE A	Director	2008-05-14	Sell	520000	$32.07	-53.38
VOLLMER JOHN E III	CFO	2008-05-13	Sell	300000	$32.2	-53.57
BERNS KENNETH N	Senior Vice President, Director	2008-05-06	Sell	143600	$30.73	-51.35
SIEGEL MARK S	Chairman of the Board, Director	2008-05-06	Sell	847448	$30.73	-51.35
PEAK KENNETH R	Director	2007-11-05	Buy	5000	$20.76	-27.99
GIST ROBERT C	Director	2007-03-26	Sell	20000	$23.17	-35.48
GIST ROBERT C	Director	2006-12-14	Sell	15000	$26.2	-42.94

Quarterly/Annual Reports:

PTEN: 10-Q - PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC (0000889900) (Filer): (10-Q) - 2009-11-02
PTEN: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2009-08-04
PTEN: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2009-05-04
PTEN: Annual report: (10-K) - 2009-02-19
PTEN: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2008-11-03

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