Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

RPC, Inc. RES

$5.86 +2.45% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.30B

Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.10, down 59.7% year over year.
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.79B, up 25.4% from a year earlier, slowing from 27.6% a quarter earlier.
  3. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.

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.

Growth29Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 20%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 24%
Quality64Neutral

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 27%
  • Gross marginBottom 14%
  • Operating marginBottom 24%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 29%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
  • Interest coverTop 19%
Value59Neutral

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 36%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 16%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 22%
Momentum41Weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 37%
  • 6-month returnBottom 31%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 38%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions58Neutral

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 13%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 46%
Stability58Neutral

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 44%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)27.6%25.4%↓
EPS growth (YoY)-72.8%-59.7%↑
Gross margin25.7%9.4%↓
Operating margin4.0%3.2%↓
FCF margin6.3%2.2%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)25.4%27.6%↓Top 20%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-59.7%-72.8%↑Bottom 22%
Gross margin9.4%25.7%↓Bottom 14%
Operating margin3.2%4.0%↓Bottom 24%
Net margin1.3%3.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin2.2%6.3%↓—
Return on invested capital2.4%—Bottom 27%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR0.5%—Top 49%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-11.0%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.8%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+0.0 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.58×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
10.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.72%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.27%
Shareholder yield
2.99%
Share count change, 1 year
+1.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+1.3%

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 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+84.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-1.8%
Positive 20 days after report
2 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$7.50
Target vs current price
+28.0%
Analysts with a rating
36
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
22%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 30, 2026+100.0%+5.9%+13.1%+19.9%—
May 7, 2026+200.0%-3.4%-6.0%-1.6%-22.0%
Feb 3, 2026-42.9%-17.4%-13.6%-9.8%+19.5%
Oct 30, 2025+80.0%+11.8%+8.2%+5.8%+30.4%
Jul 24, 2025-11.1%-3.8%-4.6%-12.4%-13.4%
Apr 24, 2025-14.3%+0.8%-4.1%-7.9%-5.3%
Jan 30, 2025+0.0%-3.9%-3.1%-13.1%-21.2%
Oct 24, 2024-30.8%-4.6%-8.7%-5.1%+6.5%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 30, 2026$0.08$0.04+100.0%$460.9M
May 7, 2026$0.03$0.01+200.0%$454.8M
Feb 3, 2026$0.04$0.07-42.9%$425.8M
Oct 30, 2025$0.09$0.05+80.0%$447.1M
Jul 24, 2025$0.08$0.09-11.1%$420.8M
Apr 24, 2025$0.06$0.07-14.3%$332.9M
Jan 30, 2025$0.06$0.06+0.0%$335.4M
Oct 24, 2024$0.09$0.13-30.8%$337.7M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)58.9×14.2×84thBottom 36%
P/E (forward)24.0×———
EV / EBITDA5.4×——Top 16%
EV / Sales0.65×——Top 9%
Free-cash-flow yield3.01%——Bottom 40%
Earnings yield1.70%——Bottom 36%

P/E over the past five years

Range 5.8× – 281.1× since Dec 31, 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
+22.6%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-59.7%
Change in P/E multiple
+179.8%

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)
+1.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.8%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.2%
Distance from 200-day average
-7.5%
RSI (14)
45.2
Relative volume
1.27×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
36.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
15th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.87
Correlation with S&P 500
0.28
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-26.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-54.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 20, 2022Oct 10, 2025-66.3%872 daysNot yet recovered
Mar 5, 2021Aug 19, 2021-52.6%116 days121 days (Feb 10, 2022)
Dec 10, 2020Dec 29, 2020-19.3%12 days9 days (Jan 12, 2021)
Oct 8, 2020Nov 6, 2020-19.1%21 days6 days (Nov 16, 2020)
Mar 10, 2022Mar 16, 2022-16.0%4 days17 days (Apr 8, 2022)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.30B
P/E (TTM)
58.9
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.10
Revenue (TTM)
$1.79B
Dividend yield
2.73%
52-week range
$4.18 – $8.16
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$864.9M$1.60B$1.62B$1.41B$1.63B
Gross profit$201.7M$513.6M$528.0M$378.4M$232.5M
Operating income$16.3M$287.9M$244.9M$97.5M$56.9M
Net income$7.2M$218.4M$195.1M$91.4M$32.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.03$1.01$0.90$0.43$0.15
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$337.7M$335.4M$332.9M$420.8M$447.1M$425.8M$454.8M$460.9M
Net income$18.8M$12.8M$12.0M$10.1M$13.0M-$3.1M$855,000$12.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.09$0.06$0.06$0.05$0.06-$0.01$0.00$0.05
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$47.7M$201.3M$394.8M$349.4M$201.3M
Capital expenditure-$67.6M-$139.6M-$181.0M-$219.9M-$148.4M
Free cash flow-$19.9M$61.7M$213.8M$129.5M$52.9M
Dividends paid$0-$8.6M-$34.6M-$34.4M-$35.1M
Net share buybacks-$567,000-$918,000-$21.1M-$9.9M-$2.9M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$179.5M
Total assets
$1.46B
Total liabilities
$351.0M
Total debt
$51.9M
Net debt
-$127.6M
Shareholders’ equity
$1.11B

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

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 10, 2026$0.04Sep 10, 2026
May 11, 2026$0.04Jun 10, 2026
Feb 10, 2026$0.04Mar 10, 2026
Nov 10, 2025$0.04Dec 10, 2025
Aug 11, 2025$0.04Sep 10, 2025
May 9, 2025$0.04Jun 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025$0.04Mar 10, 2025
Nov 8, 2024$0.04Dec 10, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
12,479,602
Days to cover
7.72
Change vs previous report
+22.8%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Mar 12, 2012
3-for-2
Dec 13, 2010
3-for-2
Dec 12, 2006
3-for-2
Dec 13, 2005
3-for-2
Mar 11, 2005
3-for-2