earnings
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.70
Patterson-UTI Q1 net income $99.7M ($0.46 EPS), revenue $792M; free cash flow $117M
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
2023-Q1 EPS reported
$0.46
revenue$791,802,000
- Revenue $792M, net income $99.7M ($0.46 diluted EPS); same EPS as Q4 2022.
- Free cash flow $117M; repurchased 5.6M shares for $73.6M and $9M debt for $7.8M.
- 2023 capex guidance cut from $550M to $510M; Q2 avg rig count expected down 2-3 rigs.
- Term contract backlog for drilling rigs increased to ~$890M from $830M at Dec 31, 2022.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.08/share declared, payable June 15 to holders of record June 1.