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Weatherford International plc WFRD

$79.72 +1.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.71B

Inexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.07, down 21.5% year over year.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.78B, down 7.2% from a year earlier.

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.

Growth27Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 41%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Quality76Positive

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 17%
  • Gross marginTop 17%
  • Operating marginBottom 49%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 49%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 47%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
  • Interest coverTop 44%
Value88Strong

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 35%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 28%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 26%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 18%
Momentum36Weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 35%
  • 6-month returnBottom 29%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 49%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 32%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions56Neutral

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 49%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 39%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 13%
Stability26Very weak

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 48%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 5%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-8.8%-7.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)2.2%-21.5%↓
Gross margin32.4%62.1%↑
Operating margin15.9%12.7%↓
FCF margin9.2%11.0%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-7.2%-8.8%↑Bottom 16%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-21.5%2.2%↓Bottom 34%
Gross margin62.1%32.4%↑Top 17%
Operating margin12.7%15.9%↓Bottom 49%
Net margin7.7%9.3%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin11.0%9.2%↑—
Return on invested capital13.6%—Top 17%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR4.3%—Top 41%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.96×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-6.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.9%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+1.0 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.56×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
5.1×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.33%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.70%
Shareholder yield
2.03%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.4%

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 22, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+8.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+2.3%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$136.00
Target vs current price
+70.6%
Analysts with a rating
39
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
64%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 21, 2026-39.0%+6.5%+9.9%+19.0%—
Apr 21, 2026+40.6%-0.5%+9.5%+11.3%-19.7%
Feb 3, 2026+34.5%+3.9%+12.8%+5.9%+16.0%
Oct 21, 2025-2.6%+2.8%+8.7%+9.3%+29.6%
Jul 22, 2025+92.8%+4.3%+10.3%+5.9%+18.5%
Apr 22, 2025+20.3%+1.5%-4.9%+7.5%+21.3%
Feb 5, 2025-16.7%+0.4%+3.5%-15.7%-34.4%
Oct 22, 2024+20.5%-0.9%-5.6%-1.6%-12.7%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 21, 2026$0.55$0.90-39.0%$1.10B
Apr 21, 2026$1.49$1.06+40.6%$1.15B
Feb 3, 2026$1.91$1.42+34.5%$1.29B
Oct 21, 2025$1.12$1.15-2.6%$1.23B
Jul 22, 2025$1.87$0.97+92.8%$1.20B
Apr 22, 2025$1.03$0.86+20.3%$1.19B
Feb 5, 2025$1.50$1.80-16.7%$1.34B
Oct 22, 2024$2.06$1.71+20.5%$1.41B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)15.7×16.9×33thTop 35%
P/E (forward)16.0×———
EV / EBITDA7.2×——Top 33%
EV / Sales1.30×——Top 26%
Free-cash-flow yield9.19%——Top 28%
Earnings yield6.36%——Top 35%

P/E over the past five years

Range 6.7× – 200.1× since Dec 31, 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
+14.1%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-21.5%
Change in P/E multiple
+90.0%

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)
+1.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.0%
Distance from 50-day average
-9.7%
Distance from 200-day average
-14.4%
RSI (14)
36.0
Relative volume
1.05×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
40.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
31th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.40
Correlation with S&P 500
0.43
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-28.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-70.8%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jul 16, 2024Apr 8, 2025-70.8%183 daysNot yet recovered
Apr 18, 2022Jul 14, 2022-55.2%60 days73 days (Oct 26, 2022)
Dec 10, 2020Jan 4, 2021-30.0%15 days24 days (Feb 8, 2021)
Nov 9, 2021Dec 20, 2021-28.2%28 days35 days (Feb 9, 2022)
Mar 6, 2023Mar 17, 2023-24.9%9 days76 days (Jul 7, 2023)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$5.71B
P/E (TTM)
15.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$5.07
Revenue (TTM)
$4.78B
Dividend yield
1.35%
52-week range
$60.84 – $113.15
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$3.65B$4.33B$5.13B$5.51B$4.92B
Gross profit$929.0M$1.31B$1.74B$1.91B$1.07B
Operating income$116.0M$412.0M$820.0M$938.0M$756.0M
Net income-$450.0M$26.0M$417.0M$506.0M$431.0M
EPS (diluted)-$6.43$0.36$5.64$6.75$5.93
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$1.41B$1.34B$1.19B$1.20B$1.23B$1.29B$1.15B$1.10B
Net income$157.0M$112.0M$76.0M$136.0M$81.0M$138.0M$108.0M$39.0M
EPS (diluted)$2.06$1.50$1.03$1.87$1.12$1.91$1.49$0.55
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$322.0M$349.0M$832.0M$792.0M$676.0M
Capital expenditure-$85.0M-$132.0M-$209.0M-$299.0M-$226.0M
Free cash flow$237.0M$217.0M$623.0M$493.0M$450.0M
Dividends paid$0$0$0-$36.0M-$72.0M
Net share buybacks-$1.0M$0$0-$99.0M-$101.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.14B
Total assets
$5.10B
Total liabilities
$3.31B
Total debt
$1.62B
Net debt
$485.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$1.79B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 6, 2026$0.28Sep 3, 2026
May 6, 2026$0.28Jun 4, 2026
Feb 6, 2026$0.28Mar 5, 2026
Nov 6, 2025$0.25Dec 4, 2025
Aug 6, 2025$0.25Sep 4, 2025
May 6, 2025$0.25Jun 5, 2025
Feb 21, 2025$0.25Mar 19, 2025
Nov 6, 2024$0.25Dec 5, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
4,134,802
Days to cover
4.31
Change vs previous report
-4.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.