Helmerich & Payne
HP NYSE· Oil & Gas Drilling
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$39.70
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Helmerich & Payne had $3.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 35.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +16.1% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 0.1%, down 16.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 0 is left after running the business.
- Helmerich & Payne lost $164M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $117M in fiscal 2025, 3.1% of revenue.
- Helmerich & Payne returned $101M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 86% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.2%.
- Helmerich & Payne owes $1.8B more than it holds in cash, about 2.9 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$4.0B
P/E
—
Revenue
$3.7B
Net income
−$164M
Free cash flow
$117M
Operating margin
0.1%
Helmerich & Payne in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+35.9%
Yes. Sales grew 35.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−4.4%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
3.1%
Partly. 3.1% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
2.9x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.9 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 8
Mixed. It passes 4 of 8 health tests.
What Helmerich & Payne does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 21, 2025
- Legal name
- HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.
- CIK
- 0000046765
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.2B | $2.1B | $2.9B | $2.8B | $3.7B |
| Revenue growth | −31.3% | 69.0% | 39.5% | −4.0% | 35.9% |
| Operating margin | −35.2% | 2.2% | 19.8% | 16.6% | 0.1% |
| Net income | −$326M | $7.0M | $434M | $344M | −$164M |
| Net margin | −26.8% | 0.3% | 15.1% | 12.5% | −4.4% |
| Diluted EPS | −$3.04 | $0.05 | $4.16 | $3.43 | −$1.66 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $136M | $234M | $834M | $685M | $543M |
| Capital expenditure | $82.1M | $251M | $396M | $495M | $426M |
| Free cash flow | $54.3M | −$17.0M | $438M | $190M | $117M |
| FCF margin | 4.5% | −0.8% | 15.3% | 6.9% | 3.1% |
| Dividends paid | $109M | $107M | $202M | $169M | $101M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $77.0M | $247M | $51.3M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | −0.2% | −1.2% | −3.5% | −3.7% | 0.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.1B | $349M | $351M | $510M | $218M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.0B | $543M | $545M | $1.8B | $2.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.9B | $2.8B | $2.8B | $2.9B | $2.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 0.4x | 0.2x | 1.5x | 2.9x |
| Current ratio | 1.8x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.7x | 1.8x |
| Interest coverage | −17.9x | 2.4x | 32.9x | 15.7x | 0.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | −11.2% | 0.8% | 14.0% | 9.2% | 0.1% |
| Return on equity | −10.5% | 0.2% | 15.7% | 12.1% | −5.7% |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$11.3M
4 insiders
Of sales under plans
7%
$0.8M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmerich & Payne HP | $4.0B | 35.9% | 0.1% | 3.1% | 0.1% | — | 4 |
| Transocean RIG | $7.8B | 12.5% | −58.9% | 15.8% | −12.4% | — | 6 |
| Noble NE | $7.2B | 7.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% | 5.3% | 48.1x | 5 |
| Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN | $4.6B | −10.3% | −0.9% | 7.7% | −0.8% | — | 6 |
| Valaris VAL | $6.9B | 0.3% | 20.1% | 8.6% | 14.4% | 7.4x | 7 |
KIRA
At $39.70 a share, the company is worth $4.0B.
Helmerich & Payne grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000046765). Data updated October 21, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.