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Baker Hughes Company BKR

$56.00 +0.68% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $55.59B

Low risk

Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +18.1%).
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $27.73B, up 0.4% from a year earlier.
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.11, up 1.6% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth57Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 26%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Quality53Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 36%
  • Gross marginBottom 34%
  • Operating marginBottom 49%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 31%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 19%
  • Interest coverTop 15%
Value59Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 41%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 49%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 42%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 22%
Momentum49Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 39%
  • 6-month returnBottom 49%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 50%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions91Exceptional

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 35%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 2%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 33%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 39%
Stability83Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 19%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)0.2%0.4%↑
EPS growth (YoY)6.8%1.6%↓
Gross margin22.9%23.6%↑
Operating margin12.7%12.9%↑
FCF margin7.8%11.3%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)0.4%0.2%↑Bottom 29%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)1.6%6.8%↓Bottom 49%
Gross margin23.6%22.9%↑Bottom 34%
Operating margin12.9%12.7%↑Bottom 49%
Net margin11.2%11.0%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin11.3%7.8%↑—
Return on invested capital9.2%—Top 36%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR9.4%—Top 26%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.43×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-2.5%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.7%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+1.8 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.11×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
13.3×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.64%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
1.64%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.6%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 27, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
14
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+18.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+2.6%
Positive 20 days after report
8 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$73.67
Target vs current price
+31.6%
Analysts with a rating
45
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
67%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 26, 2026+27.5%+5.8%+5.7%+8.9%—
Apr 23, 2026+17.6%+3.1%+10.0%+6.8%-11.8%
Jan 25, 2026+16.8%+4.4%+3.9%+18.1%+11.7%
Oct 23, 2025+10.4%+3.4%+2.2%+2.5%+8.4%
Jul 22, 2025+13.5%+0.4%+16.8%+7.6%+12.5%
Apr 22, 2025+8.1%+1.5%-4.2%+0.3%+3.7%
Jan 30, 2025+12.2%+3.6%+13.4%+1.2%-15.4%
Oct 22, 2024+9.8%-1.3%+2.6%+18.2%+27.7%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 26, 2026$0.64$0.50+27.5%$6.74B
Apr 23, 2026$0.58$0.49+17.6%$6.59B
Jan 25, 2026$0.78$0.67+16.8%$7.39B
Oct 23, 2025$0.68$0.62+10.4%$7.01B
Jul 22, 2025$0.63$0.56+13.5%$6.91B
Apr 22, 2025$0.51$0.47+8.1%$6.43B
Jan 30, 2025$0.70$0.62+12.2%$7.36B
Oct 22, 2024$0.67$0.61+9.8%$6.91B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)18.0×19.1×40thTop 41%
P/E (forward)20.9×———
EV / EBITDA11.8×——Bottom 31%
EV / Sales2.02×——Top 42%
Free-cash-flow yield5.63%——Bottom 49%
Earnings yield5.55%——Top 41%

P/E over the past five years

Range 12.3× – 110.1× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+15.8%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+1.6%
Change in P/E multiple
+33.4%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+1.3%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-7.6%
Distance from 200-day average
-5.7%
RSI (14)
37.6
Relative volume
0.50×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
29.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
27th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.81
Correlation with S&P 500
0.34
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-19.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-28.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 25, 2022Sep 26, 2022-47.2%126 days463 days (Jul 31, 2024)
Feb 5, 2025Apr 8, 2025-28.3%43 days115 days (Sep 23, 2025)
May 17, 2021Jul 19, 2021-25.3%43 days62 days (Oct 14, 2021)
Apr 30, 2026Jul 2, 2026-24.2%43 daysNot yet recovered
Feb 24, 2021Apr 20, 2021-22.4%38 days19 days (May 17, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$55.59B
P/E (TTM)
18.0
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.11
Revenue (TTM)
$27.73B
Dividend yield
1.64%
52-week range
$43.92 – $70.41
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$20.50B$21.16B$25.51B$27.83B$27.73B
Gross profit$4.54B$4.96B$5.90B$6.48B$6.54B
Operating income$1.31B$1.89B$2.64B$3.38B$3.56B
Net income-$219.0M-$601.0M$1.94B$2.98B$2.59B
EPS (diluted)-$0.27-$0.61$1.91$2.98$2.60
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$6.91B$7.36B$6.43B$6.91B$7.01B$7.39B$6.59B$6.74B
Net income$766.0M$1.18B$402.0M$701.0M$609.0M$876.0M$930.0M$682.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.77$1.18$0.40$0.71$0.61$0.88$0.93$0.69
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.37B$1.89B$3.06B$3.33B$3.81B
Capital expenditure-$541.0M-$772.0M-$1.22B-$1.28B-$1.27B
Free cash flow$1.83B$1.12B$1.84B$2.05B$2.54B
Dividends paid-$592.0M-$726.0M-$786.0M-$836.0M-$910.0M
Net share buybacks-$434.0M-$828.0M-$538.0M-$484.0M-$384.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$17.06B
Total assets
$52.62B
Total liabilities
$32.54B
Total debt
$16.25B
Net debt
$526.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$19.91B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 27, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 7, 2026$0.23Aug 17, 2026
May 5, 2026$0.23May 15, 2026
Feb 17, 2026$0.23Feb 27, 2026
Nov 4, 2025$0.23Nov 14, 2025
Aug 5, 2025$0.23Aug 15, 2025
May 6, 2025$0.23May 16, 2025
Feb 11, 2025$0.23Feb 21, 2025
Nov 4, 2024$0.21Nov 14, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
24,637,530
Days to cover
3.38
Change vs previous report
-8.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.