---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-000520"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RES"
cik: "0000742278"
company_name: "RPC INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:08:34.062667+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RPC Q4 net income falls 32% sequentially to $12.8M; full-year revenue down 13%

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $335.4M (-1% seq); net income $12.8M (-32%); diluted EPS $0.06; net income margin 3.8%.
- Full year 2024 revenue $1.4B (-13% YoY); net income $91.4M; diluted EPS $0.43; net income margin 6.5%.
- Adjusted EBITDA Q4 $46.1M (13.7% margin); full year $233.0M (16.5% margin); free cash flow $129.5M.
- Company debt-free with $326M cash; declares $0.04/share dividend payable Mar 10, 2025 to holders of record Feb 10.
- FY 2025 capex guidance $150-200M; plans to invest in innovation and pursue acquisitions; share buybacks totaled $9.9M in 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-000520
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RES
- cik: 0000742278
- company_name: RPC INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742278/000155837025000520/0001558370-25-000520-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742278/000155837025000520/res-20250130x8k.htm

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