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Global oilfield services company providing drilling, well construction, completion and production/intervention services.
Global oilfield services company providing drilling, well construction, completion and production/intervention services.
Charges for oilfield services and rented tools, by the job or by the day, with most business outside North America. It emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2019 and has since cut debt and costs.
Moat: narrow (installed base, process know-how). Long operating history and specialized equipment support recurring service contracts, post-restructuring balance sheet now leaner.
Headquarters: Houston, Texas, US · Founded: 1941 · Employees: 16,700
Size Weatherford International (WFRD) is a United States Energy company (Oilfield Services/Equipment) with a market value of $6.12B, the 1049th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $84.43 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.5%, against -12.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 15 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.3%); the operating margin is 14.2% (peer median 19.0%).
Valuation It trades at 13.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.8× (5th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.1 points above its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 5.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.69B | $4.92B | $5.51B | $5.13B | $4.33B |
| Revenue growth | — | -11% | +7% | +19% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.38B | $1.48B | $1.75B | $1.74B | $1.31B |
| EBITDA | $951M | $1.03B | $1.34B | $1.15B | $788M |
| Net income | $405M | $431M | $506M | $417M | $26.0M |
| Free cash flow | $579M | $450M | $493M | $623M | $217M |
| Capital expenditure | $192M | $226M | $299M | $209M | $132M |
| Total debt | $1.63B | $1.64B | $1.79B | $2.06B | $2.41B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherford International WFRD | $6.12B | -17% | -6% | 14% | 13.4× | -4.0% |
| Schlumberger SLB | $73.7B | -6% | +5% | 14% | 17.2× | 7.3% |
| Halliburton HAL | $26.3B | -20% | +2% | 13% | 11.7× | -0.3% |
| Baker Hughes BKR | $47.5B | -25% | +4% | 12% | 17.4× | 10.0% |
| NOV NOV | $6.26B | -9% | -1% | 6% | 14.8× | 6.8% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | WFRD | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +9.8% | -9.1% | highest of 15 |
| 6-month return | -17.5% | -12.4% | 7th lowest of 15 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -25.4% | -30.9% | 6th highest of 15 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.7% | +13.3% | lowest of 15 |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 19.0% | 6th lowest of 15 |
| Forward P/E | 13.4× | 14.8× | 5th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.0% | 5.7% | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.9% | +14.5% | lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.9 pp | -10.4 pp | 6th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +13.1 pp | +0.5 pp | highest of 15 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.9× | 8.3× | 3rd cheapest of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.5× | 2.7× | 5th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherford International WFRD | United States | $6.12B | -17% | -6% | 14% | 13.4× | -4.0% | +5.9% |
| SBM Offshore SBMO.AS | Netherlands | $6.08B | -8% | +1% | 31% | 6.2× | -14.4% | +11.3% |
| NOV NOV | United States | $6.26B | -9% | -1% | 6% | 14.8× | 6.8% | +7.6% |
| Archrock AROC | United States | $4.83B | -25% | +4% | 39% | 13.8× | 2.8% | +11.2% |
| Cactus WHD | United States | $4.67B | +7% | +40% | 19% | 16.8× | 14.1% | +25.4% |
| Solaris Energy Infrastructure SEI | United States | $4.63B | -21% | +71% | 24% | 16.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Kodiak Gas Services KGS | United States | $4.21B | -40% | +8% | 33% | 17.0× | 9.3% | +19.7% |
| Subsea 7 SUBC.OL | Norway | $9.71B | -5% | -2% | 13% | 12.4× | -2.4% | +17.7% |
| USA Compression Partners LP USAC | United States | $3.62B | -11% | +29% | 29% | 15.6× | -0.4% | +8.4% |
| Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services 002353.SZ | China | $12.2B | -42% | +13% | 19% | 24.1× | 14.8% | +14.5% |
| Waterbridge Infrastructure LLC WBI | United States | $3.06B | -9% | +103% | 17% | 40.2× | n/a | n/a |
| National Energy Services Reunited NESR | United States | $2.01B | -14% | +24% | 9% | 9.9× | 1.2% | +9.7% |
| Liberty Energy LBRT | United States | $1.95B | -64% | +14% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Flowco FLOC | United States | $1.81B | -19% | +20% | 19% | 13.1× | 8.0% | +72.3% |
| Innovex International INVX | United States | $1.76B | -6% | +7% | 12% | 14.7× | 5.7% | +21.8% |