Growth Metrics

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

Precision Drilling posted quarterly Net Margin of 3.3% for Q1 2026, down 365.0% year-on-year from 1.25% in Q1 2025, and up 137.48% on a QoQ basis from 8.81% in Q4 2025.

Precision Drilling (PDS) has 18 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 3.3% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 365.0% year-over-year to 3.3%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.79% (down 663.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.1%, down 575.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 3.3%, up from 8.81% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 28.95% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 12.28% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 4.82% (2024), against an average of 5.05%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Net Margin jumped 3274 bps; it then sank 2579 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 2.5% in 2022, then jumped by 1057 bps to 28.95% in 2023, then plunged by 89 bps to 3.16% in 2024, then plunged by 379 bps to 8.81% in 2025, then jumped by 137 bps to 3.3% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 3.3% (Q1 2026), 8.81% (Q4 2025), and 1.46% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Precision Drilling 157.47 Bn 157.41 Bn 120.82 Mn 3.30%
2 Noble 8.34 Bn 7.67 Bn 755.58 Mn 15.37%
3 Transocean 7.55 Bn 6.94 Bn 475.00 Mn 6.57%
4 Patterson Uti Energy 4.63 Bn 4.30 Bn 535.85 Mn -2.19%
5 Helmerich & Payne 3.96 Bn 3.86 Bn 907.56 Mn -5.99%
6 Seadrill 3.20 Bn 2.87 Bn 177.00 Mn -1.96%
7 Sable Offshore 2.10 Bn 2.05 Bn -66.76 Mn -15,501.65%
8 Nabors Industries 1.49 Bn 1.37 Bn 290.08 Mn 1.19%
9 Borr Drilling 1.48 Bn 1.10 Bn - 9.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.30%
Dec 31, 2025 -8.81%
Sep 30, 2025 -1.46%
Jun 30, 2025 4.00%
Mar 31, 2025 6.95%
Dec 31, 2024 3.16%
Sep 30, 2024 8.21%
Jun 30, 2024 4.82%
Mar 31, 2024 6.92%
Dec 31, 2023 28.95%
Sep 30, 2023 6.20%
Jun 30, 2023 10.73%
Mar 31, 2023 20.46%
Dec 31, 2022 2.50%
Sep 30, 2022 8.62%
Jun 30, 2022 -6.37%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.28%
Dec 31, 2021 -9.03%
Sep 30, 2021 -16.37%
Jun 30, 2021 -38.13%
Mar 31, 2021 -15.98%
Dec 31, 2020 -14.65%
Sep 30, 2020 -16.74%
Jun 30, 2020 -23.83%
Mar 31, 2020 -1.80%
Dec 31, 2019 -3.52%
Sep 30, 2019 -2.26%
Jun 30, 2019 -5.56%
Mar 31, 2019 7.65%
Dec 31, 2018 -46.99%
Sep 30, 2018 -10.44%
Jun 30, 2018 -18.23%
Mar 31, 2018 -5.67%
Dec 31, 2017 -18.52%
Sep 30, 2017 -15.53%
Jun 30, 2017 -27.82%
Mar 31, 2017 -12.45%
Dec 31, 2016 -27.02%
Sep 30, 2016 -44.00%
Jun 30, 2016 -65.94%
Mar 31, 2016 -11.58%
Dec 31, 2015 -120.81%
Sep 30, 2015 -36.53%
Jun 30, 2015 -21.66%
Mar 31, 2015 10.94%
Dec 31, 2014 -24.09%
Sep 30, 2014 10.40%
Jun 30, 2014 -0.32%
Mar 31, 2014 16.48%
Dec 31, 2013 15.52%
Sep 30, 2013 5.29%
Jun 30, 2013 -0.86%
Mar 31, 2013 18.63%
Dec 31, 2012 -33.55%
Sep 30, 2012 9.78%
Jun 30, 2012 3.76%
Mar 31, 2012 22.38%
Dec 31, 2011 3.00%
Sep 30, 2011 25.22%
Jun 30, 2011 7.04%
Mar 31, 2011 14.70%
Dec 31, 2010 -4.85%
Sep 30, 2010 14.58%
Jun 30, 2010 -23.48%
Mar 31, 2010 1.80%
Dec 31, 2009 -13.80%
Sep 30, 2009 32.16%
Jun 30, 2009 24.60%
Mar 31, 2009 12.10%