Growth Metrics

Precision Drilling (PDS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Precision Drilling posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $30.4 million for Q1 2026, up 46.74% year-on-year from $20.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 45.81% on a QoQ basis from $20.9 million in Q4 2025.

Precision Drilling (PDS) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $30.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 46.74% year-over-year to $30.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $91.6 million (up 8.92% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $81.9 million, down 13.59% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $30.4 million, up from $20.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $58.4 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $11.5 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $21.0 million (2024), against an average of $25.7 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses surged 283.59%; it then slumped 73.8% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $58.4 million in 2022, then sank by 50.74% to $28.7 million in 2023, then dropped by 11.98% to $25.3 million in 2024, then retreated by 17.48% to $20.9 million in 2025, then jumped by 45.81% to $30.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $30.4 million (Q1 2026), $20.9 million (Q4 2025), and $22.4 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Precision Drilling 157.47 Bn 157.41 Bn 120.82 Mn 30.44 Mn
2 Noble 8.34 Bn 7.67 Bn 755.58 Mn 560.38 Mn
3 Transocean 7.55 Bn 6.94 Bn 475.00 Mn 798.00 Mn
4 Patterson Uti Energy 4.63 Bn 4.30 Bn 535.85 Mn 1.13 Bn
5 Helmerich & Payne 3.96 Bn 3.86 Bn 907.56 Mn 969.28 Mn
6 Seadrill 3.20 Bn 2.87 Bn 177.00 Mn 334.00 Mn
7 Sable Offshore 2.10 Bn 2.05 Bn -66.76 Mn 120.03 Mn
8 Nabors Industries 1.49 Bn 1.37 Bn 290.08 Mn 765.29 Mn
9 Borr Drilling 1.48 Bn 1.10 Bn - -140.10 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 30.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 20.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 22.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 17.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 20.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 25.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 17.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 20.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 33.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 28.74 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 32.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 17.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 11.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 58.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 19.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 16.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 43.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 15.21 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 19.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 25.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 16.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 16.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 10.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 17.84 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 21.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 19.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 15.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 19.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 28.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 16.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 22.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 25.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 22.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 17.67 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 17.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 5.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 19.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 25.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 6.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 23.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 22.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 27.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 20.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 28.47 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 39.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 22.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 34.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 37.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 36.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 32.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 36.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 31.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 38.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 30.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 33.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 25.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 37.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 34.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 24.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 31.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 35.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 34.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 23.16 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 22.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 24.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 22.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 22.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 21.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 20.35 Mn