Last 48 quarters of trend data · Energy · Oilfield Services & Drilling
Quarterly valuation ratios — annualised for comparability. YoY Δ shows same-quarter-prior-year change.
| Metric | TTM | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E Ratio → | -152.62 | 39.00 | — | — | — | — | — | 790.38 | — | — | 93.50 | 22.96 | 18.00 | 17300.00 | 7.48 | 6.36 | 9.15 | 10.43 | 39.56 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +3342.2% | — | — | +1149.8% | +261.1% | +96.7% | +165790.4% | -81.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| P/S Ratio | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.96 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 1.17 | 0.88 | 1.39 | 1.64 | 0.97 |
| — | +84.4% | +51.3% | +48.1% | -27.3% | -23.2% | -38.9% | -23.3% | -3.0% | -42.8% | -6.9% | +1.6% | -39.2% | +9.0% | -40.8% | -51.2% | +20.5% | -25.5% | -13.3% | +17.8% | -12.8% | |
| P/B Ratio | 1.18 | 1.36 | 1.12 | 1.30 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 1.45 | 1.51 | 2.22 | 1.58 | 2.20 | 2.11 | 1.13 |
| — | +122.7% | +64.3% | +39.9% | -22.5% | -27.0% | -23.9% | -10.1% | -1.3% | +4.5% | -38.2% | -31.8% | -57.8% | -49.0% | -33.8% | -28.6% | +96.8% | +59.9% | +112.0% | +202.0% | +130.9% | |
| P/FCF | 14.16 | 6.58 | — | — | 2.24 | 6.99 | — | 17.18 | 4.58 | 6.48 | 15.44 | 8.80 | 4.57 | — | 20.53 | 5.41 | 5.04 | 12.41 | — | — | — |
| — | -5.9% | — | — | -51.2% | +7.9% | — | +95.1% | +0.3% | — | -24.8% | +62.8% | -9.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.08 | 4.49 | 5.39 | 6.18 | 3.76 | 3.92 | 3.65 | 4.27 | 4.96 | — | 4.33 | 4.17 | 3.52 | 6.25 | 3.45 | 3.16 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 6.87 | 10.61 | 12.79 |
| — | +14.7% | +47.7% | +44.6% | -24.1% | — | -15.6% | +2.3% | +40.9% | — | +25.3% | +32.0% | -23.6% | +45.5% | -49.7% | -70.2% | -64.0% | -63.9% | -63.2% | -26.8% | -10.6% | |
| EV / EBIT | — | 19.08 | — | — | 311.23 | — | — | 52.15 | — | — | 24.21 | 16.78 | 12.67 | 115.52 | 7.39 | 6.24 | 9.49 | 11.43 | 31.67 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +210.7% | — | — | +227.6% | +168.8% | +33.6% | +910.9% | -76.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Quarterly margins and returns. Watch for margin compression across consecutive quarters.
| Metric | TTM | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 4.8% | 4.7% | 22.9% | 24.0% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 6.8% | 4.1% | -2.2% | 8.1% | 10.5% | 11.8% | 12.1% | 19.0% | 19.1% | 18.9% | 14.4% | 8.6% | 1.8% | -69.4% |
| — | -1.9% | +891.7% | +252.2% | +22.3% | +322.2% | -71.6% | -35.0% | -65.0% | -117.9% | -57.2% | -45.0% | -37.9% | -16.0% | +119.5% | +952.8% | +127.3% | +175.5% | +128.8% | +104.6% | -49.9% | |
| Operating Margin | -0.5% | 4.7% | -0.6% | -1.3% | -0.4% | -2.4% | -2.4% | 1.3% | -2.7% | -73.0% | 3.3% | 5.8% | 7.9% | 1.0% | 13.8% | 15.9% | 14.8% | 10.5% | 5.9% | -3.7% | -77.3% |
| — | +297.6% | +76.6% | -196.8% | +86.9% | +96.7% | -172.3% | -77.0% | -134.3% | -7707.8% | -75.7% | -63.8% | -46.9% | -90.9% | +133.3% | +529.2% | +119.2% | +141.7% | +115.8% | +92.4% | -37.5% | |
| Net Margin | -1.9% | 2.1% | -1.6% | -2.2% | -0.8% | -3.1% | -4.0% | 0.1% | -4.4% | -72.1% | 0.8% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% | 8.4% | 3.5% | -5.6% | -77.6% |
| — | +168.2% | +60.4% | -2907.8% | +82.2% | +95.7% | -590.6% | -97.7% | -213.5% | -1471834.7% | -92.6% | -73.1% | -69.2% | -99.9% | +217.0% | +322.8% | +116.4% | +136.4% | +109.9% | +87.2% | -60.8% |
| Metric | TTM | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | -2.8% | 0.9% | -0.6% | -0.8% | -0.3% | -1.1% | -1.4% | 0.0% | -1.5% | -23.9% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 3.8% | 1.4% | -1.8% | -21.7% |
| — | +183.2% | +56.9% | -2743.3% | +80.8% | +95.4% | -712.1% | -97.3% | -214.4% | -1595380.0% | -95.3% | -82.1% | -78.9% | -100.0% | +259.2% | +430.6% | +128.0% | +181.5% | +125.0% | +66.7% | -321.2% | |
| ROA | -1.6% | 0.5% | -0.4% | -0.5% | -0.2% | -0.7% | -0.9% | 0.0% | -0.9% | -15.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 0.7% | -1.0% | -12.1% |
| — | +179.9% | +57.9% | -2704.6% | +81.3% | +95.7% | -657.4% | -97.5% | -204.7% | -1675000.0% | -94.3% | -78.1% | -74.2% | -100.0% | +264.2% | +424.7% | +126.7% | +175.1% | +122.6% | +68.2% | -309.3% | |
| ROIC | -0.4% | 1.2% | -0.1% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.3% | -0.5% | -14.0% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 1.1% | -0.6% | -11.2% |
| — | +343.3% | +74.4% | -193.2% | +85.7% | +96.6% | -186.0% | -74.4% | -132.7% | -8297.0% | -82.5% | -72.4% | -57.3% | -92.7% | +189.9% | +771.4% | +132.2% | +185.6% | +135.5% | +82.0% | -232.8% |
Quarterly solvency trend — watch for debt spikes or covenant pressure.
| Metric | TTM | Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q4 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q4 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q4 '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.55 |
| — | +3.7% | +5.7% | +6.4% | +6.0% | +7.7% | +31.5% | +35.3% | +33.9% | +32.5% | -40.5% | -45.0% | -45.7% | -48.4% | -14.5% | -9.1% | -5.8% | +0.5% | +12.2% | +14.9% | +18.5% | |
| Debt / EBITDA | 1.40 | 4.44 | 5.99 | 6.22 | 6.07 | 6.52 | 5.54 | 5.19 | 6.02 | — | 4.31 | 3.65 | 3.34 | 6.50 | 3.65 | 3.33 | 3.56 | 4.43 | 5.72 | 8.95 | 17.41 |
| — | -32.0% | +8.1% | +19.7% | +0.7% | — | +28.6% | +42.3% | +80.6% | — | +18.0% | +9.7% | -6.4% | +46.8% | -36.2% | -62.8% | -79.5% | -75.5% | -78.6% | -65.8% | -44.6% | |
| Current Ratio | 1.64 | 1.73 | 1.75 | 1.84 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.73 | 1.61 | 1.54 | 1.52 | 1.50 | 1.48 | 1.41 | 1.37 | 1.76 | 1.60 | 1.51 | 1.55 | 1.39 | 1.35 | 1.34 |
| — | +5.4% | +1.0% | +14.0% | +6.7% | +8.3% | +15.3% | +9.0% | +8.8% | +10.5% | -14.8% | -7.8% | -6.0% | -11.4% | +27.3% | +19.2% | +12.4% | -3.4% | -20.0% | -24.9% | -23.3% | |
| Quick Ratio | 1.46 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.63 | 1.46 | 1.44 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.19 | 1.61 | 1.47 | 1.40 | 1.43 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.24 |
| — | +8.6% | +4.4% | +15.8% | +8.7% | +9.6% | +15.6% | +10.0% | +7.9% | +10.3% | -19.4% | -13.0% | -11.3% | -16.5% | +27.5% | +19.3% | +12.7% | -4.7% | -21.7% | -26.1% | -23.6% | |
| Interest Coverage | -0.46 | 3.36 | -0.37 | -0.61 | 0.14 | -1.46 | -1.69 | 1.15 | -1.79 | -55.06 | 3.12 | 4.91 | 5.99 | 0.72 | 11.10 | 14.58 | 14.45 | 6.80 | 3.22 | -1.64 | -34.20 |
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Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s current P/E is -152.6x. The average P/E over the last 1 quarters is 39.0x. Quarterly P/E ratios can vary due to seasonal revenue patterns and one-time charges.
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s current operating margin is -0.5%. Margins have been expanding over recent quarters. Quarterly margins are particularly useful for identifying trend inflections that annual data smooths over.
Quarterly financial ratios reveal short-term trend shifts — margin compression, debt spikes, or valuation re-ratings — that annual figures smooth over. They're essential for active investors tracking Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s business trajectory between earnings reports.