Growth Metrics

Precision Drilling (PDS) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Precision Drilling posted quarterly EBIT Margin of 23.56% for Q1 2026, down 414.0% year-on-year from 7.5% in Q1 2025, and down 10.79% on a QoQ basis from 26.41% in Q4 2025.

Precision Drilling (PDS) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 23.56% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBIT Margin fell 414.0% year-over-year to 23.56%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 25.4% (down 216.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 26.56%, down 84.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 23.56%, down from 26.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT Margin topped out at 36.38% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 10.49% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 26.59% (2025), against an average of 25.9%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBIT Margin soared 3945 bps; it then sank 926 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 17.84% in 2022, then jumped by 67 bps to 29.84% in 2023, then declined by 14 bps to 25.74% in 2024, then increased by 3 bps to 26.41% in 2025, then dropped by 11 bps to 23.56% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 23.56% (Q1 2026), 26.41% (Q4 2025), and 25.45% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Precision Drilling 157.47 Bn 157.41 Bn 120.82 Mn 23.56%
2 Noble 8.34 Bn 7.67 Bn 755.58 Mn 28.68%
3 Transocean 7.55 Bn 6.94 Bn 475.00 Mn 26.55%
4 Patterson Uti Energy 4.63 Bn 4.30 Bn 535.85 Mn -1.28%
5 Helmerich & Payne 3.96 Bn 3.86 Bn 907.56 Mn -3.96%
6 Seadrill 3.20 Bn 2.87 Bn 177.00 Mn 6.70%
7 Sable Offshore 2.10 Bn 2.05 Bn -66.76 Mn -9,343.35%
8 Nabors Industries 1.49 Bn 1.37 Bn 290.08 Mn -60.65%
9 Borr Drilling 1.48 Bn 1.10 Bn - 25.98%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.56%
Dec 31, 2025 26.41%
Sep 30, 2025 25.45%
Jun 30, 2025 26.59%
Mar 31, 2025 27.70%
Dec 31, 2024 25.74%
Sep 30, 2024 29.85%
Jun 30, 2024 26.82%
Mar 31, 2024 27.12%
Dec 31, 2023 29.84%
Sep 30, 2023 25.65%
Jun 30, 2023 33.38%
Mar 31, 2023 36.38%
Dec 31, 2022 17.84%
Sep 30, 2022 27.85%
Jun 30, 2022 19.66%
Mar 31, 2022 10.49%
Dec 31, 2021 -1.70%
Sep 30, 2021 -8.18%
Jun 30, 2021 -19.79%
Mar 31, 2021 -6.52%
Dec 31, 2020 -8.73%
Sep 30, 2020 -16.25%
Jun 30, 2020 -10.11%
Mar 31, 2020 5.96%
Dec 31, 2019 2.07%
Sep 30, 2019 5.12%
Jun 30, 2019 1.55%
Mar 31, 2019 14.30%
Dec 31, 2018 -40.30%
Sep 30, 2018 -2.54%
Jun 30, 2018 0.99%
Mar 31, 2018 2.53%
Dec 31, 2017 -5.37%
Sep 30, 2017 -5.51%
Jun 30, 2017 -6.87%
Mar 31, 2017 -3.49%
Dec 31, 2016 -9.98%
Sep 30, 2016 -18.11%
Jun 30, 2016 -45.26%
Mar 31, 2016 1.33%
Dec 31, 2015 -111.03%
Sep 30, 2015 -25.76%
Jun 30, 2015 -9.50%
Mar 31, 2015 9.23%
Dec 31, 2014 -3.59%
Sep 30, 2014 15.71%
Jun 30, 2014 5.00%
Mar 31, 2014 19.57%
Dec 31, 2013 18.98%
Sep 30, 2013 10.67%
Jun 30, 2013 4.14%
Mar 31, 2013 21.87%
Dec 31, 2012 -19.79%
Sep 30, 2012 15.38%
Jun 30, 2012 7.92%
Mar 31, 2012 26.64%
Dec 31, 2011 7.47%
Sep 30, 2011 25.24%
Jun 30, 2011 11.58%
Mar 31, 2011 23.43%
Dec 31, 2010 19.50%
Sep 30, 2010 2.78%
Jun 30, 2010 0.07%
Mar 31, 2010 16.84%
Dec 31, 2009 -3.56%
Sep 30, 2009 21.75%
Jun 30, 2009 0.32%
Mar 31, 2009 26.30%