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Patterson-UTI Energy Inc

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What Do They Do?

Provides well-completion services to oil and natural gas operators, and also offers contract and directional drilling services and drill bits and downhole tools to energy and mining customers.

How Do They Make Money?

Completion customers pay for work as it is performed, generally by stage or at a fixed monthly rate; drilling customers pay a contracted daily rate while a rig is in use. The company also rents drill bits and downhole tools and receives income each period from its oil and gas working interests.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Drilling Services
Usage-based

32%
FY2022: 58%
Completion Services
60%
FY2022: 39%
Drilling Products
Recurring
7.1%
FY2022: 0.0%
Other
0.7%
FY2022: 3.0%

Who Are Their Customers?

Its customers include major, independent and other oil and natural gas operators.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Not on paper. It lost $93.6M in FY2025, but brought in more cash than it spent: $372.2M of free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
−1% of revenue
▼ −95% (Loss) vs FY2024 (−$889.7M, −17%)
Net income, FY2025
−2% of revenue
▼ −90% (Loss) vs FY2024 (−$968M, −18%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
8% of revenue
▼ −25% vs FY2024 ($497.2M, 9%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +1%
vs $1.2B in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▼ −60% (Loss)
vs −$49.1M in Q2 FY2025
Completion Services share of revenue vs 59.0% in Q2 FY2025
  • Jul 30, 2026 Plans to leave contract drilling in Colombia The company operated less than one rig on average in Colombia during the quarter.
  • May 26, 2026 Provides second-quarter earnings and capital spending outlook The presentation projected second-quarter adjusted EBITDA of approximately $220 million and 2026 capital expenditures of ~$600 million, net of asset sales.

Growing. Revenue grew 3.6x in 4 years, from $1.4B in FY2021 to $4.8B in FY2025, about 37% a year.

Drilling products The latest report identifies manufacturing and distributing drill bits and downhole tools as a reportable segment; the older report instead lists contract drilling, pressure pumping and directional drilling as its segments.

Oilfield rentals The older report describes oilfield rental tools as an ongoing operation; the latest report says the Other segment includes rental results only before the business was divested.

Completion service scope The older report describes pressure pumping mainly as well stimulation and cementing; the latest describes completion services that also include wireline, completion support, natural-gas fueling and proppant logistics.

Revenue over time
Drilling Services Completion Services Drilling Products Other
$10B$5B$0

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