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) Return on invested capital

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Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.66%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−0.63%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.7% (fiscal 2020) to 5.58% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Oil & Gas Drilling industry median of 2.81% and below the Energy sector median of 5.43%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −0.63% 11.81
FY2024 −12.4% (16.18)
FY2023 3.74% (1.84)
FY2022 5.58% 23.60
FY2021 −18.0% 2.64
FY2020 −20.7% (12.73)
FY2019 −7.93% (3.33)
FY2018 −4.60% (0.57)
FY2017 −4.03% 6.11
FY2016 −10.1% (2.43)

Against its own ten years

Low −20.7% High 5.58%
Ten-year median −7.71%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BORR Borr Drilling Limited compare 4.11%
RIG Transocean Ltd. compare 4.05%
NE Noble Corporation PLC compare 3.84%
VAL Valaris Limited compare 3.13%
SDRL Seadrill Limited compare 2.81%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. compare 2.38%
HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. compare 1.32%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 0.66%
SOC Sable Offshore Corp. compare −18.9%
Oil & Gas Drilling industry median 2.81%
Energy sector median 5.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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