Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

HP Energy Oil & Gas Drilling

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.7 billion, up 35.9% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 145.1%, free cash flow grew 574.7% and total debt fell 15.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

37.43 0.25 −0.66%
Market cap
$3.8B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−27.2×
Dividend yield
2.67%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.56
Beneish M
−2.37
Dividend safety
16/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 11.33
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 2 — — 1 — 1 — 1 4 1 —
Insider Ownership 4.29%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,770.00
Revenue 3,995.99
Net Income (128.44)
Free Cash Flow 489.61
Net Debt 1,597.18
Current Ratio 1.96 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.70
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (27.20) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.94
P/B ratio 1.40
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (139.40%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 512.71% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 8.17%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 31.28% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 17.62%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 60.30%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 20.94%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 29.66%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 1.00
Annual Dividend Yield 2.67%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.02
0.25
0.25
0.25
2025 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2024 1.51
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.25
2023 1.88
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.42
2022 1.24
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.49
2021 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2020 1.92
0.71
0.71
0.25
0.25
2019 2.84
0.71
0.71
0.71
0.71
2018 2.82
0.70
0.70
0.71
0.71
2017 2.80
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
2016 2.78
0.69
0.69
0.70
0.70
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 410 579 246 265
Receivables 404 419 783 869
Inventory 94 118 324 326
Other 1 — 15 13
1,007 1,192 1,465 1,570
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 131 135 218 207
ST’ Debt 14 — 7 7
Other — — — —
419 447 815 800

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.71% 16.13% 22.08%
Cash Flow (9.22%) 0.15% 32.40%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (5.34%) (3.14%) 0.76%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 1,017 932 1,035 — —
’25 677 1,016 1,041 1,012 3,746
’24 677 688 698 694 2,757
’23 720 769 724 660 2,872
’22 410 468 550 631 2,059
’21 246 296 332 344 1,219
’20 615 634 317 208 1,774
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 182 37 154 — —
’25 158 56 122 207 543
’24 175 144 197 169 685
’23 185 141 293 215 834
’22 (4) 23 98 117 234
’21 (20) 78 31 47 136
’20 112 121 214 93 539
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 126 (15) 226 — —
’25 64 (89) 33 154 162
’24 50 34 77 74 236
’23 120 72 208 108 508
’22 (30) (31) 35 50 24
’21 (27) 68 26 117 184
’20 78 85 193 120 476
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (0.98) (0.59) 0.74 — —
’25 0.54 0.01 (1.64) (0.58) (1.66)
’24 0.94 0.86 0.88 0.76 3.43
’23 0.91 1.55 0.93 0.77 4.16
’22 (0.48) (0.05) 0.16 0.42 0.05
’21 (0.66) (1.13) (0.52) (0.74) (3.04)
’20 0.27 (3.88) (0.43) (0.55) (4.60)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 40.02 42.16 44.56 35.74 12.40 20.93 23.83 30.41 29.46 14.65

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 85.78 81.30 75.02 64.80 47.33 36.26 54.59 51.25 44.11 37.30
People
People Employees 4,840 8,123 9,777 8,510 4,138 5,444 7,000 6,200 6,200 6,200
Revenue/emp, $m 0.34 0.22 0.25 0.33 0.43 0.22 0.29 0.46 0.44 0.60
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,624 1,805 2,487 2,798 1,774 1,219 2,059 2,872 2,757 3,746
Gross margin, % 44.66 30.78 33.56 35.37 32.89 21.40 30.49 40.36 40.90 31.46
EBT (73) (185) 16 (51) (636) (430) 31 593 481 (74)
EBT margin, % (4.47) (10.23) 0.64 (1.83) (35.88) (35.28) 1.52 20.66 17.45 (1.98)
Net income (57) (128) 483 (34) (494) (326) 7 434 344 (160)
Depreciation 600 587 585 565 484 421 404 383 408 631
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.04 16.63 22.85 25.62 16.42 11.30 19.44 28.04 27.88 37.73
Earnings (0.54) (1.20) 4.39 (0.34) (4.60) (3.04) 0.05 4.18 3.43 (1.66)
Cash flow 6.99 3.42 5.12 7.84 4.99 1.27 2.21 8.14 6.93 5.47
Capex (2.18) (3.45) (3.88) (3.73) (0.58) 0.44 (1.99) (3.18) (4.54) (3.83)
Free cash flow 4.81 (0.03) 1.25 4.10 4.41 1.71 0.22 4.96 2.39 1.64
Book value 42.23 38.38 40.26 36.74 30.72 27.01 26.12 27.06 29.51 28.50
Shares, m 108 109 109 109 108 108 106 102 99 99
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 15.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 739.40 9.65 8.82 0.00
P/S 4.47 3.08 3.07 1.56 0.89 2.43 1.90 1.44 1.09 0.59
P/B 1.59 1.34 1.74 1.09 0.48 1.01 1.42 1.49 1.03 0.78
EV/Sales 4.22 3.06 3.15 1.61 0.84 2.34 1.98 1.49 1.53 1.07
EV/FCF 13.19 (1,870.09) 57.76 10.03 3.14 15.44 172.48 8.43 17.90 24.71
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 755 371 558 856 539 136 234 834 685 543
Capex (235) (374) (422) (408) (62) 48 (210) (325) (449) (381)
Free cash flow 519 (3) 136 448 476 184 24 508 236 162
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,243 891 738 705 744 720 608 588 745 651
Total debt 492 493 494 479 492 1,025 555 559 1,782 2,064
Net debt (458) (73) 168 78 (85) (109) 169 149 1,203 1,818
Shareholders’ equity 4,561 4,165 4,383 4,012 3,319 2,913 2,765 2,772 2,917 2,829
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (0.81) (1.93) 7.63 (0.56) (9.27) (6.61) 0.12 9.94 6.77 (2.62)
ROIC (0.40) (2.58) 0.45 0.31 (11.99) (9.55) 0.96 12.16 6.94 0.04
ROE (1.20) (2.94) 11.29 (0.80) (13.49) (10.47) 0.19 15.68 12.10 (5.70)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. vs peers in Oil & Gas Drilling (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NE Noble Corporation PLC $6.9B 46.4× 29.7× −15.20% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −152.06% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.99% 4.23% Compare
RIG Transocean Ltd. $6.2B — (loss-making) 31.8× −2.23% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +90.18% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 15.73% Compare
VAL Valaris Limited $5.8B 6.3× 25.3× −12.35% (below 0%: shrinking) −54.94% (below 0%: shrinking) −159.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 22.94% 9.48% Compare
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. $4.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +0.71% (above 0%: growing) n/m −598.20% (below 0%: shrinking) 22.85% (0.57%) Compare
HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. $3.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −0.58% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +574.70% (above 0%: growing) 29.52% 18.19%
SDRL Seadrill Limited $2.9B 1,575× 123× +19.10% (above 0%: growing) n/m −258.33% (below 0%: shrinking) 52.12% 16.04% Compare
BORR Borr Drilling Limited $1.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −13.22% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −323.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.62% 0.13% Compare
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. $1.2B 5.3× — (loss-making) −2.62% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +135.53% (above 0%: growing) 37.87% 7.05% Compare
SOC Sable Offshore Corp. $637.0M — (loss-making) — — n/m +90.17% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% (48.78%) Compare
Median of peers $3.6B 26.4× 30.8× −2.62% — −155.82% 37.93% 5.64%

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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) key facts

  • Strength: Helmerich & Payne, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.7 billion, up 35.9% from fiscal 2024.
  • Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) is an Oil & Gas Drilling company in the Energy sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, HP traded at $37.43, a market capitalization of $3.8 billion.
  • Helmerich & Payne, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share, a yield of 2.67%.
  • Return on equity was −5.70% and debt-to-equity 0.70.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.56 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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