Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

PTEN Energy Oil & Gas Drilling

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.8 billion, down 10.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.1%
EPS
+170.0%
Free cash flow
+169.6%
Total debt
+0.73%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

10.05 0.60 −5.63%
Market cap
$3.8B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−444×
Dividend yield
3.78%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.24
Beneish M
−3.31
Dividend safety
53/100

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN) Free cash flow margin

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Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.98%, down 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.63%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.72% (fiscal 2017) to 22.6% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Oil & Gas Drilling industry median of 6.98% and in line with the Energy sector median of 6.87%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.63% (1.09)
FY2024 9.72% (0.33)
FY2023 10.1% 4.18
FY2022 5.87% 9.37
FY2021 −3.50% (17.23)
FY2020 13.7% (2.24)
FY2019 16.0% 11.87
FY2018 4.10% 12.82
FY2017 −8.72% (31.34)
FY2016 22.6% 8.00

Against its own ten years

Low −8.72% High 22.6%
Ten-year median 9.72%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
RIG Transocean Ltd. compare 19.5%
HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. compare 12.3%
NE Noble Corporation PLC compare 12.0%
SDRL Seadrill Limited compare 7.20%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 6.98%
SOC Sable Offshore Corp. compare 0.00%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. compare 0.00%
VAL Valaris Limited compare −4.80%
BORR Borr Drilling Limited compare −10.6%
Oil & Gas Drilling industry median 6.98%
Energy sector median 6.87%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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