RPC, Inc. (RES) Stock Analysis
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $7.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 27%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
RPC provides oilfield services—pressure pumping, wireline, downhole tools, coiled tubing, and cementing—to independent and major oil and gas producers across U.S. basins, with $1.63B revenue in 2025 (94.4% Technical Services). Pressure pumping is concentrated in the Permian... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $7.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 27%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 64d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — RPC, Inc.
Latest news
- Susquehanna Maintains Neutral on RPC, Raises Price Target to $7.5 — benzinga May 8, 2026 neutral
- RPC Q1 Adj. EPS $0.03, Inline, Sales $454.755M Beat $407.233M Estimate — benzinga May 7, 2026 neutral
- Susquehanna Maintains Neutral on RPC, Raises Price Target to $7 — benzinga Apr 7, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerprivate E&P company15%10-K Item 1A: 'One of our customers, a private E&P company, accounted for approximately 15% of the Company’s revenues in 2025'
- MEDIUMGeographicPermian basin10-K Item 1: 'with a concentration in the Permian basin'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-30Item 5.02LOWGary Kolstad reelected to Board at April 28, 2026 Annual Meeting and appointed Chairman of Human Capital Management and Compensation Committee and to Audit Committee. No departure cited.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-18Item 5.02LOWGary Kolstad appointed to Board Audit Committee effective following April 28, 2026 re-election. Stephen E. Lewis similarly appointed to Audit Committee. Routine committee assignments; no departures.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $7.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: High short interest: 27%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $6.57. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $7.95 (+12.6% upside). Prior stop was $6.57. Stop-loss: $6.57.
Concentration risk — Customer: private E&P company (15.0%); Target reached (-19.4% upside); Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0).
RPC, Inc. trades at a P/E of 78.4 (forward 26.6). TrendMatrix value score: 6.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
12 analysts cover RES with a consensus score of 2.5/5. Average price target: $7.
What does RPC, Inc. do?RPC provides oilfield services—pressure pumping, wireline, downhole tools, coiled tubing, and cementing—to independent...
RPC provides oilfield services—pressure pumping, wireline, downhole tools, coiled tubing, and cementing—to independent and major oil and gas producers across U.S. basins, with $1.63B revenue in 2025 (94.4% Technical Services). Pressure pumping is concentrated in the Permian basin; acquired Pintail Completions in April 2025.