Growth Metrics

Precision Drilling (PDS) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Precision Drilling posted quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio of 10.03 for Q1 2026, up 14.98% year-on-year from 8.72 in Q1 2025, and up 1.82% on a QoQ basis from 9.85 in Q4 2025.

Precision Drilling (PDS) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 10.03 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 14.98% year-over-year to 10.03; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 8.85 (up 15.41% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.56, up 14.56% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 10.03, up from 9.85 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 10.03 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 1.78 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 7.4 (2024), against an average of 6.91.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Interest Coverage Ratio jumped 1697.81%; it then fell 12.11% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 3.87 in 2022, then jumped by 100.57% to 7.77 in 2023, then declined by 4.7% to 7.4 in 2024, then surged by 33.08% to 9.85 in 2025, then increased by 1.82% to 10.03 in 2026.
  • The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 10.03 (Q1 2026), 9.85 (Q4 2025), and 8.55 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Precision Drilling 157.47 Bn 157.41 Bn 120.82 Mn 10.03
2 Noble 8.34 Bn 7.67 Bn 755.58 Mn 5.56
3 Transocean 7.55 Bn 6.94 Bn 475.00 Mn 1.04
4 Patterson Uti Energy 4.63 Bn 4.30 Bn 535.85 Mn -0.82
5 Helmerich & Payne 3.96 Bn 3.86 Bn 907.56 Mn -1.43
6 Seadrill 3.20 Bn 2.87 Bn 177.00 Mn 1.60
7 Sable Offshore 2.10 Bn 2.05 Bn -66.76 Mn -3.43
8 Nabors Industries 1.49 Bn 1.37 Bn 290.08 Mn -10.86
9 Borr Drilling 1.48 Bn 1.10 Bn - -1.19

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.03
Dec 31, 2025 9.85
Sep 30, 2025 8.55
Jun 30, 2025 7.28
Mar 31, 2025 8.72
Dec 31, 2024 7.40
Sep 30, 2024 8.42
Jun 30, 2024 6.33
Mar 31, 2024 7.79
Dec 31, 2023 7.77
Sep 30, 2023 5.84
Jun 30, 2023 6.64
Mar 31, 2023 8.87
Dec 31, 2022 3.87
Sep 30, 2022 5.31
Jun 30, 2022 3.05
Mar 31, 2022 1.78
Dec 31, 2021 -0.24
Sep 30, 2021 -1.01
Jun 30, 2021 -1.44
Mar 31, 2021 -0.69
Dec 31, 2020 -0.73
Sep 30, 2020 -0.97
Jun 30, 2020 -0.68
Mar 31, 2020 0.82
Dec 31, 2019 0.27
Sep 30, 2019 0.68
Jun 30, 2019 0.18
Mar 31, 2019 1.98
Dec 31, 2018 -5.34
Sep 30, 2018 -0.31
Jun 30, 2018 0.10
Mar 31, 2018 0.32
Dec 31, 2017 -0.49
Sep 30, 2017 -0.54
Jun 30, 2017 -0.52
Mar 31, 2017 -0.39
Dec 31, 2016 -0.71
Sep 30, 2016 -0.99
Jun 30, 2016 -2.24
Mar 31, 2016 0.11
Dec 31, 2015 -11.19
Sep 30, 2015 -2.70
Jun 30, 2015 -0.98
Mar 31, 2015 2.40
Dec 31, 2014 -0.73
Sep 30, 2014 3.14
Jun 30, 2014 0.93
Mar 31, 2014 5.39
Dec 31, 2013 4.61
Sep 30, 2013 2.23
Jun 30, 2013 0.65
Mar 31, 2013 5.78
Dec 31, 2012 -4.74
Sep 30, 2012 3.42
Jun 30, 2012 1.45
Mar 31, 2012 7.78
Dec 31, 2011 2.35
Sep 30, 2011 3.56
Jun 30, 2011 2.47
Mar 31, 2011 2.89
Dec 31, 2010 0.79
Sep 30, 2010 0.47
Jun 30, 2010 0.00
Mar 31, 2010 2.27
Dec 31, 2009 -0.31
Sep 30, 2009 2.06
Jun 30, 2009 0.02
Mar 31, 2009 3.05