HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / August 14, 2026 / PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:PTEN) today reported that for the month of July 2026, the Company had an average of 98 drilling rigs operating in the United States.
The mean of analysts' price targets for Patterson-UTI (PTEN) points to a 37.9% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.
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The headline numbers for Patterson-UTI (PTEN) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended June 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
First FDA-approved IHC assay identifies patients who may be eligible for combination treatment with TRUQAP® (capivasertib) BURLINGTON, N.C., Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, announced the nationwide availability of Roche's VENTANA® PTEN (SP218) RxDx Assay, the first immunohistochemistry (IHC) companion diagnostic test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine PTEN protein loss, also known as PTEN deficiency, in tumors of patients with prostate adenocarcinoma.