Patterson-UTI Energy
PTEN Nasdaq· Oil & Gas Drilling
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$12.25
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Patterson-UTI Energy had $4.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 10.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +33.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −0.9%, up 15.7 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −1 is left after running the business.
- Patterson-UTI Energy lost $93.6M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $372M in fiscal 2025, 7.7% of revenue.
- Patterson-UTI Energy returned $192M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 52% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.5%.
- Patterson-UTI Energy owes $822M more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$4.7B
P/E
—
Revenue
$4.8B
Net income
−$93.6M
Free cash flow
$372M
Operating margin
−0.9%
Patterson-UTI Energy in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−10.3%
No. Sales fell 10.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−1.9%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
7.7%
Partly. 7.7% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
What Patterson-UTI Energy does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 10, 2026
- Legal name
- PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
- CIK
- 0000889900
Patterson-UTI Energy · PTEN
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.4B | $2.6B | $4.1B | $5.4B | $4.8B |
| Revenue growth | 20.7% | 95.1% | 56.6% | 29.7% | −10.3% |
| Operating margin | −49.9% | 8.0% | 8.5% | −16.5% | −0.9% |
| Net income | −$655M | $155M | $246M | −$968M | −$93.6M |
| Net margin | −48.2% | 5.8% | 5.9% | −18.0% | −1.9% |
| Diluted EPS | −$3.36 | $0.70 | $0.88 | −$2.44 | −$0.24 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $95.5M | $566M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $961M |
| Capital expenditure | $166M | $437M | $616M | $678M | $589M |
| Free cash flow | −$70.8M | $129M | $390M | $497M | $372M |
| FCF margin | −5.2% | 4.9% | 9.4% | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| Dividends paid | $15.6M | $43.1M | $100M | $127M | $123M |
| Share buybacks | $6.3M | $70.1M | $201M | $290M | $69.6M |
| Share count change | 3.7% | 12.6% | 27.6% | 41.8% | −3.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $118M | $138M | $190M | $239M | $419M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $859M | $836M | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.6B | $1.7B | $4.8B | $3.5B | $3.2B |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | −16.2x | 5.2x | 6.7x | −12.4x | −0.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | −21.2% | 8.3% | 6.8% | −13.5% | −0.8% |
| Return on equity | −36.1% | 9.4% | 7.6% | −23.4% | −2.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | −0.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$33.9M
8 insiders
Of sales under plans
9%
$3.0M
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.
Patterson-UTI Energy · PTEN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN | $4.7B | −10.3% | −0.9% | 7.7% | −0.8% | — | 6 |
| Transocean RIG | $7.8B | 12.5% | −58.9% | 15.8% | −12.4% | — | 6 |
| Helmerich & Payne HP | $4.0B | 35.9% | 0.1% | 3.1% | 0.1% | — | 4 |
| Noble NE | $7.6B | 7.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% | 5.3% | 50.9x | 5 |
| Valaris VAL | $7.0B | 0.3% | 20.1% | 8.6% | 14.4% | 7.5x | 7 |
KIRA
At $12.25 a share, the company is worth $4.7B.
Patterson-UTI Energy grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000889900). Data updated October 21, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.