Helmerich & Payne, Inc.HP

Keep

Keep what you own, but don't buy more for now.

4 good· Room to target
5 to watch· Turned a loss

$37.20+0.58 (+1.58%)

Price at 2:59 PM ET

After hours · opens in 17h 23m

NYSE · Energy · Mid-size company

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What would change it

Sources

Analysts' forecast on the Nasdaq earnings calendar
From the 10-Q for the quarter to Jun 30, reported Aug 5
Yahoo Finance daily closes to Nov 11

Could move it to Buy more

Next report · Wednesday

$0.26
earnings per share
AND
16%
sales growth
Above both

Any one could move it to Sell some

Next report · Wednesday

below$0.26
earnings per share
below8%
sales growth

Compared with the S&P 500

11 points
worse in one day
25 points
worse in five trading days

+37.6% in a yearsince Nov 11, 2025

The news behind our call

written Nov 3, 9:42 AM ETNov 3, 9:42 AM ET · 1 articles · 1 sources

Shares sit only 7.96% below their 52-week high despite the pullback.

What changed

From Yahoo Finance, pcthematic.substack.com and Scheduled market snapshot

Nov 18

in 6 days

HP reports earnings after the market closes

Analysts expect $0.26 a share.

Nov 18

in 6 days

Next ex-dividend date

$1.00 a share a year at the current rate.

Mid Check price snapshot captured
Today
Zacks Industry outlook highlights Patterson-UTI, Nabors and Helmerich & Payne
Yesterday
Helmerich and Payne (HP) stock may trade below fair value on sales
Sunday
📊 Daily market report: October 30, 2026
Nov 1
Analyst ratings shifted: 1 more buy
8 buy, 7 hold, 2 sell, against 7 buy, 7 hold, 2 sell the month before.
Analysts · Last month
Analyst ratings shifted: 1 fewer hold, 1 more sell
7 buy, 7 hold, 2 sell, against 7 buy, 8 hold, 1 sell the month before.
Analysts · Sep
Went ex-dividend: $0.25 a share
Paid Sep 1.
Dividend · Aug 18
Went ex-dividend: $0.25 a share
Paid Jun 1.
Dividend · May 18

Overview

In plain numbers

Revenue grew 16.6% from a year earlier, to $4.0B in the last twelve months.
It keeps 2 cents of every revenue dollar as operating profit, up from a loss of 29 cents in FY 2021.
It turned 7.9% of revenue into free cash flow: $315.3M in the last twelve months.
It owes $1.9B and holds $231.4M in cash and investments, so net debt is $1.6B.

Key figures

Revenue (TTM): $4.0B
Revenue growth, 1 year: +16.6%
Net income: −$139M
EPS (diluted): −$1.39
Gross margin: 31.9%
Operating margin: 2.5%

Return on equity: -4.6%
Return on capital: 2.3%
Debt / equity: 0.70
Current ratio: 1.96
Dividend yield: 2.69%
Buyback yield: -0.61%

Key facts

Company value: $3.5B
Today's range: 36.1737.28
Past year's range: 25.5947.64
Yesterday's close: $36.62

Swings vs the market: 0.6×smaller
Dividend yield: 2.69%$1.00 a year
Next earnings: Nov 18in 6 days