Growth Metrics

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

Precision Drilling posted quarterly FCF Margin of 24.36% for Q1 2026, down 50.0% year-on-year from 48.72% in Q1 2025, and down 43.83% on a QoQ basis from 43.37% in Q4 2025.

Precision Drilling (PDS) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 24.36% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 50.0% year-over-year to 24.36%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 36.3% (down 127.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 36.69%, down 4.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 24.36%, down from 43.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 60.5% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 8.22% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 31.41% (2025), against an average of 32.82%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 2253 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 1831 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 42.39% in 2022, then gained by 16 bps to 49.09% in 2023, then fell by 4 bps to 47.35% in 2024, then retreated by 8 bps to 43.37% in 2025, then slumped by 44 bps to 24.36% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 24.36% (Q1 2026), 43.37% (Q4 2025), and 31.41% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Precision Drilling 157.47 Bn 157.41 Bn 120.82 Mn 24.36%
2 Noble 8.34 Bn 7.67 Bn 755.58 Mn 21.57%
3 Transocean 7.55 Bn 6.94 Bn 475.00 Mn 12.58%
4 Patterson Uti Energy 4.63 Bn 4.30 Bn 535.85 Mn -4.72%
5 Helmerich & Payne 3.96 Bn 3.86 Bn 907.56 Mn -2.82%
6 Seadrill 3.20 Bn 2.87 Bn 177.00 Mn -9.78%
7 Sable Offshore 2.10 Bn 2.05 Bn -66.76 Mn -8,125.41%
8 Nabors Industries 1.49 Bn 1.37 Bn 290.08 Mn -6.59%
9 Borr Drilling 1.48 Bn 1.10 Bn - 13.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 24.36%
Dec 31, 2025 43.37%
Sep 30, 2025 31.41%
Jun 30, 2025 49.25%
Mar 31, 2025 24.86%
Dec 31, 2024 47.35%
Sep 30, 2024 30.07%
Jun 30, 2024 49.51%
Mar 31, 2024 22.94%
Dec 31, 2023 49.09%
Sep 30, 2023 9.58%
Jun 30, 2023 60.50%
Mar 31, 2023 14.17%
Dec 31, 2022 42.39%
Sep 30, 2022 13.80%
Jun 30, 2022 53.56%
Mar 31, 2022 -8.22%
Dec 31, 2021 29.63%
Sep 30, 2021 16.30%
Jun 30, 2021 31.03%
Mar 31, 2021 10.09%
Dec 31, 2020 11.36%
Sep 30, 2020 1.95%
Jun 30, 2020 12.61%
Mar 31, 2020 3.03%
Dec 31, 2019 5.79%
Sep 30, 2019 6.37%
Jun 30, 2019 12.09%
Mar 31, 2019 16.35%
Dec 31, 2018 28.82%
Sep 30, 2018 7.42%
Jun 30, 2018 10.38%
Mar 31, 2018 5.56%
Dec 31, 2017 11.75%
Sep 30, 2017 5.01%
Jun 30, 2017 8.05%
Mar 31, 2017 5.54%
Dec 31, 2016 14.78%
Sep 30, 2016 41.07%
Jun 30, 2016 32.58%
Mar 31, 2016 9.00%
Dec 31, 2015 19.21%
Sep 30, 2015 14.72%
Jun 30, 2015 33.80%
Mar 31, 2015 44.10%
Dec 31, 2014 54.69%
Sep 30, 2014 40.64%
Jun 30, 2014 36.80%
Mar 31, 2014 15.77%
Dec 31, 2013 21.70%
Sep 30, 2013 29.87%
Jun 30, 2013 35.96%
Mar 31, 2013 21.77%
Dec 31, 2012 61.04%
Sep 30, 2012 -35.72%
Jun 30, 2012 128.76%
Mar 31, 2012 -8.45%
Dec 31, 2011 -17.34%
Sep 30, 2011 -40.39%
Jun 30, 2011 19.04%
Mar 31, 2011 10.14%
Dec 31, 2010 42.15%
Sep 30, 2010 9.07%
Jun 30, 2010 47.37%
Mar 31, 2010 7.24%
Dec 31, 2009 28.02%
Sep 30, 2009 2.07%
Jun 30, 2009 123.72%
Mar 31, 2009 29.57%