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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. engages in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells in the United States and internationally. The company provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel, and camps on a contract basis to explore for and develop oil and gas from onshore areas and from fixed platforms, tension-leg platforms, and spars in offshore areas. It conducts domestic land drilling primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Utah, Arkansas, New Mexico, and North Dakota, and offshore drilling from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, California, Trinidad, and Equatorial Guinea. As of September 30, 2008, the company had 185 land drilling rigs in the United States; 8 offshore platform rigs; and international land rigs, including 11 in Venezuela, 4 in Ecuador, 5 in Argentina, 5 in Colombia, and 1 in Tunisia. In addition, Helmerich & Payne engages in the ownership, development, and operation of real estate, principally commercial properties, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its property portfolio includes a shopping center and a multi-tenant warehouse space. The company was founded in 1920 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	58.81
Volume	945401
Volume Avg	(mio) 1.68
52 Week High	73.40
52 Week Low	35.58
PE	13.84
PE (group average)	30
EPS Year	4.34
EPS change Q/Q	-6.12%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	109.09%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-26.98%
EPS change Y/Y	-12.88%
REV change Q/Q	1.65%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	38.43%
EPS next Q est	1.26
EPS next Y est	5.71
Divident Annual	0.27
Dividend Yield	0.46%