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Bristow Group Inc. VTOL

$40.26 -0.10% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.19B

Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.56B, up 7.1% from a year earlier.
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.47, down 13.5% year over year.
  3. Over the past year the stock returned +9.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 5.4 percentage points.

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.

Growth41Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 40%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 31%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 37%
Quality29Very weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 49%
  • Gross marginTop 37%
  • Operating marginBottom 42%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 28%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 16%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
  • Interest coverBottom 45%
Value79Positive

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 25%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 23%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 35%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 23%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 18%
Momentum43Weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 49%
  • 6-month returnBottom 33%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 44%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 49%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions46Neutral

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 24%
Stability46Neutral

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 29%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 21%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)5.9%7.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-1.5%-13.5%↓
Gross margin28.4%42.3%↑
Operating margin9.7%9.5%↓
FCF margin-0.6%-2.2%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)7.1%5.9%↑Bottom 40%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-13.5%-1.5%↓Bottom 37%
Gross margin42.3%28.4%↑Top 37%
Operating margin9.5%9.7%↓Bottom 42%
Net margin6.7%8.2%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-2.2%-0.6%↓—
Return on invested capital6.9%—Top 49%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR7.5%—Top 31%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.27×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-1.2%
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.
+1.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.60×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
3.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.62%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
1.33%
Shareholder yield
1.95%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.7%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+2.3%

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

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
6 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+9.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.5%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$60.00
Target vs current price
+49.0%

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 4, 2026-21.6%+4.5%+1.9%-0.6%—
May 5, 2026-56.4%-1.1%-14.1%-14.6%-9.5%
Feb 25, 2026+32.6%-0.3%-2.8%-2.9%-7.9%
Nov 4, 2025+82.0%-3.4%-11.2%-15.3%+2.9%
Aug 5, 2025+36.3%+3.4%+10.9%+11.1%+13.4%
May 6, 2025+60.6%-0.2%+2.1%+3.5%+16.9%
Feb 26, 2025+75.4%-1.9%-6.5%-8.7%-17.8%
Nov 5, 2024+83.6%+3.3%+13.0%+12.0%+0.8%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 4, 2026$0.70$0.89-21.6%$411.8M
May 5, 2026$0.44$1.01-56.4%$388.7M
Feb 25, 2026$0.61$0.46+32.6%$377.3M
Nov 4, 2025$1.72$0.95+82.0%$386.3M
Aug 5, 2025$1.07$0.79+36.3%$376.4M
May 6, 2025$0.92$0.57+60.6%$350.5M
Feb 26, 2025$1.07$0.61+75.4%$353.5M
Nov 5, 2024$1.12$0.61+83.6%$356.4M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)11.6×20.3×33thTop 25%
P/E (forward)11.8×———
EV / EBITDA7.3×——Top 35%
EV / Sales1.18×——Top 23%
Free-cash-flow yield-2.89%——Bottom 23%
Earnings yield8.62%——Top 25%

P/E over the past five years

Range 7.1× – 313.3× since Jun 30, 2022. 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
+9.6%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-13.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+33.8%

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)
-1.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.2%
Distance from 50-day average
-8.9%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.1%
RSI (14)
32.3
Relative volume
0.51×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
29.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
13th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.99
Correlation with S&P 500
0.41
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-19.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-35.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 10, 2022Mar 23, 2023-47.0%260 days362 days (Aug 30, 2024)
Aug 30, 2024Apr 8, 2025-35.3%150 days137 days (Oct 23, 2025)
Nov 5, 2021Dec 1, 2021-26.2%17 days68 days (Mar 10, 2022)
Dec 15, 2020Jan 29, 2021-20.2%30 days143 days (Aug 24, 2021)
Apr 13, 2026Oct 2, 2026-19.5%120 daysNot yet recovered

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$1.19B
P/E (TTM)
11.6
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$3.47
Revenue (TTM)
$1.56B
Dividend yield
0.93%
52-week range
$35.03 – $50.38
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.19B$1.20B$1.30B$1.42B$1.49B
Gross profit$191.8M$278.9M$330.8M$398.3M$318.0M
Operating income$1.2M$26.0M$60.8M$132.6M$143.8M
Net income-$15.8M$9.2M-$6.8M$94.8M$129.1M
EPS (diluted)-$0.55$0.32-$0.24$3.21$4.32
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$356.4M$377.2M$350.5M$376.4M$386.3M$377.3M$388.7M$411.8M
Net income$28.2M$31.8M$27.4M$31.7M$51.5M$18.4M$13.1M$21.2M
EPS (diluted)$0.95$1.07$0.92$1.07$1.72$0.61$0.44$0.70
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$123.9M-$14.1M$32.0M$177.4M$198.2M
Capital expenditure-$31.1M-$49.6M-$81.5M-$255.4M-$142.0M
Free cash flow$92.8M-$63.7M-$49.5M-$78.0M$56.1M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks-$41.2M-$11.3M-$2.7M-$4.1M-$13.8M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$314.8M
Total assets
$2.38B
Total liabilities
$1.29B
Total debt
$969.7M
Net debt
$655.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$1.09B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 14, 2026$0.13Aug 28, 2026
May 15, 2026$0.13May 29, 2026
Mar 13, 2026$0.13Mar 26, 2026

Short interest

Shares sold short
1,120,618
Days to cover
4.23
Change vs previous report
-5.9%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 12, 2020
1-for-2