As the Q2 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the oilfield services industry, including Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) and its peers.
Oilfield services companies provide equipment, technology, and services enabling exploration and production activities, including drilling, completion, well intervention, and reservoir evaluation. Their fortunes closely track upstream capital spending cycles. Tailwinds include increased drilling activity during favorable commodity environments, demand for efficiency-enhancing technologies, and growing offshore and unconventional resource development. Headwinds include significant revenue volatility tied to oil and gas price swings and producer spending discipline. Intense competition pressures pricing and margins, while the energy transition may structurally reduce long-term demand. Workforce availability and technological disruption require continuous adaptation.
The 25 oilfield services stocks we track reported a very strong Q2. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 4.6%.
Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 8.8% on average since the latest earnings results.
Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE)
With origins dating back over a century to 1921, Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) operates drilling rigs that oil and gas companies charter to drill wells in deep ocean waters and shallow seas.
Noble Corporation reported revenues of $719.7 million, down 15.2% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 3.6%. Despite the top-line beat, it was still a slower quarter for the company with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
Robert W. Eifler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Noble, stated, "Our second quarter was adversely impacted by $43 million due to the operational suspension of both of our rigs in Brazil, while operational and financial performance was otherwise strong across the board. Additionally, we completed a highly successful debt refinancing, which is expected to drive meaningful cash benefits going forward. The continued importance of offshore investment is supportive of strong rig demand, with increasing market tightness for high spec drillships driving leading edge dayrates into the mid $400,000s per day."
Noble Corporation delivered the slowest revenue growth among its peers. Interestingly, the stock is up 8% since reporting and currently trades at $46.56.
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Best Q2: Select Water Solutions (NYSE: WTTR)
Managing over 24 billion barrels of produced water annually across major U.S. shale plays, Select Water Solutions (NYSE: WTTR) provides water sourcing, recycling, disposal, and treatment services for oil and gas producers.
Select Water Solutions reported revenues of $395.8 million, up 8.7% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 5.7%. The business had an incredible quarter with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 9% since reporting. It currently trades at $20.16.
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Weakest Q2: ProPetro (NYSE: PUMP)
Operating exclusively in the Permian Basin—one of America's most prolific oil-producing regions—ProPetro (NYSE: PUMP) provides hydraulic fracturing services that pump high-pressure fluid and sand into oil wells to release trapped hydrocarbons.
ProPetro reported revenues of $305.8 million, down 6.2% year on year, falling short of analysts’ expectations by 1.6%. It was a disappointing quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
As expected, the stock is down 1.8% since the results and currently trades at $10.47.
Read our full analysis of ProPetro’s results here.
Patterson-UTI (NASDAQ: PTEN)
Operating 135 Tier-1 super-spec rigs that can handle the industry's most demanding drilling projects, Patterson-UTI (NASDAQ: PTEN) provides contract drilling rigs, hydraulic fracturing, and drill bits to oil and gas operators.
Patterson-UTI reported revenues of $1.23 billion, flat year on year. This print beat analysts’ expectations by 5.9%. Overall, it was an exceptional quarter as it also produced a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
The stock is up 38.3% since reporting and currently trades at $12.90.
Read our full, actionable report on Patterson-UTI here, it’s free.
NESR (NASDAQ: NESR)
Operating across 16 countries from Algeria to Indonesia, NESR (NASDAQ: NESR) provides oilfield services like hydraulic fracturing, cementing, and drilling to oil and gas companies.
NESR reported revenues of $520.8 million, up 59.1% year on year. This number topped analysts’ expectations by 17.8%. It was an incredible quarter as it also logged a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
NESR delivered the fastest revenue growth of the whole group. The stock is up 12.6% since reporting and currently trades at $32.69.
Read our full, actionable report on NESR here, it’s free.
Market Update
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