Helmerich and Payne faces a challenging combination of quality well below minimum investment thresholds, three earnings misses in its last four reported quarters, and declining revenues of approximately 8% year-over-year — factors that together argue for caution despite the stock's apparent valuation appeal and its technically strong positioning at support levels.
Thesis pillars
- Geographic Concentration North America→Stable
- Quality Below Minimum Threshold→Stable
- Persistent Earnings Miss Pattern→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas Drilling
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $30.53: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 2.1:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Helmerich & Payne provides land and offshore contract drilling services, operating 223 North America Solutions rigs and 137 International Solutions rigs following the January 2025 KCA Deutag acquisition ($2.0 billion). North America Solutions contributed about 63% of... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $30.53: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 2.1:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 31d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
About Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
About Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Helmerich & Payne generated roughly $3.8 billion in consolidated operating revenues in fiscal year 2025, with North America Solutions contributing $2.4 billion (63%), International Solutions $802 million (21%), and Offshore Solutions $520 million (14%). The company closed its $2.0 billion KCA Deutag acquisition on January 16, 2025, expanding international rig availability from 27 to 137 and adding operations across the Middle East, South America, Europe, and Africa; active rigs totaled 208 at September 30, 2025.
H&P earns dayrate revenue through fixed-term and well-to-well contracts with major integrated oil companies, large and small independents, and private equity-backed operators. North America Solutions held about 24% of U.S. land drilling market share and 33.7% of the super-spec market at September 30, 2025, with 144 of 223 marketed rigs active. The largest consolidated drilling customer contributed 12.0% of total revenues ($451.3 million) in fiscal 2025. International operations are concentrated in Saudi Arabia ($259.0 million, 6.9% of total revenues — all from the national oil company), Oman ($177.9 million, 4.7%), and Argentina ($155.7 million, 4.2%). Competitors in U.S. land drilling include Nabors Industries Ltd., Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., and Precision Drilling Corporation.
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The Saudi Arabia rig portfolio illustrates integration risk from the KCA Deutag acquisition: all 44 available rigs are contracted with the national oil company, yet 27 were under contract suspension at September 30, 2025 and earning no revenue. The suspensions followed notifications received after the acquisition announcement in July 2024. If suspensions persist, the segment generating 6.9% of consolidated revenues could continue to underperform; the 10-K notes no assurance that anticipated benefits from the $2.0 billion acquisition will materialize on the expected timeline.
See also: Energy · Oil & Gas Drilling
From Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 10, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-07Recent Developments — Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Helmerich & Payne, Lowers Price Target to $36 — benzinga Jun 29, 2026 negative
- NEWS Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Weigh In On 3 Tech Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields — benzinga Jun 16, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Goldman Sachs Maintains Neutral on Helmerich & Payne, Raises Price Target to $41 — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 positive
- NEWS Steve Wozniak Says He Cofounded Apple After 5 Rejections From HP — Not To Get Rich, But To Hear One Word: 'Whoa' — benzinga May 24, 2026 negative
- NEWS Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Helmerich & Payne, Raises Price Target to $43 — benzinga May 18, 2026 positive
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHGeographicNorth America Solutions63%10-K Item 1: 'Our North America Solutions segment contributed approximately 63.0 percent ($2.4 billion) of our consolidated operating revenues during fiscal year 2025'
- LOWCustomerlargest drilling customer12%10-K Item 1: 'Revenue from drilling services performed for our largest drilling customer totaled approximately 12.0 percent ... of our total consolidated revenues during fiscal years 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-16Item 5.02MEDIUMCFO J. Kevin Vann to retire June 30, 2026. Successor Todd Scruggs (VP Corporate Finance and Treasurer) appointed effective July 1, 2026. Retirement not due to any disagreement with company operations or practices.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $30.53: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10 and A.R:R 2.1:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 11%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $29.49. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $37.08 (+21.5% upside). Prior stop was $29.49. Stop-loss: $29.49.
Concentration risk — Geographic: North America Solutions (63.0%); Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0).
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 21.2). TrendMatrix value score: 8.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover HP with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $41.
What does Helmerich & Payne, Inc. do?Helmerich & Payne provides land and offshore contract drilling services, operating 223 North America Solutions rigs and...
Helmerich & Payne provides land and offshore contract drilling services, operating 223 North America Solutions rigs and 137 International Solutions rigs following the January 2025 KCA Deutag acquisition ($2.0 billion). North America Solutions contributed about 63% of consolidated FY2025 operating revenues; customers are primarily major integrated and independent oil companies.