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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Baker Hughes Co Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Baker Hughes Co Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Jan 26, 2026 Audio replay
Jan 26, 2026 1:05:22 31 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
1:05:22
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Baker Hughes reported record full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $4.83 billion (+5% YoY) and record free cash flow of $2.7 billion, driven by strong IET orders of $14.9 billion and a record IET backlog of $32.4 billion, while OFSE revenue declined 8% on continued macro softness. Management is advancing a comprehensive strategic evaluation alongside the pending Chart acquisition integration and is guiding to a modest organic revenue decline and ~18% adjusted EBITDA margin for 2026 as it targets 20% by 2028.

Power systems and data center demand 54 IET orders and backlog momentum 53 Chart acquisition integration 26 LNG equipment orders and life cycle services 24 New Energy growth 17 Middle East and deepwater OFSE awards 11

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +55 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We continued to execute at a high level, delivering another quarter of strong results.”
  • “IET delivered strong fourth quarter order bookings of $4 billion, contributing to a record full year total of $14.9 billion, exceeding the high end of our guidance range.”
  • “During the fourth quarter, we generated robust free cash flow of $1.3 billion, contributing to a record annual free cash flow of $2.7 billion.”
  • “This will help us position OFSE strongly as market conditions improve later this year or into '27.”

Forward guidance

1 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $7.39B +0.3% YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $876.00M -25.7% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Record full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $4.83 billion, up 5% YoY, surpassing the midpoint of Q4 guidance.
  • Adjusted EPS rose 10% YoY to a record $2.60 for full-year 2025, with Q4 adjusted EPS of $0.78.
  • Record IET orders of $14.9 billion in 2025, exceeding the high end of guidance, with Q4 IET orders of $4.0 billion.
  • Record IET backlog of $32.4 billion and total RPO of $35.9 billion at year-end 2025.
  • Record full-year free cash flow of $2.7 billion (57% conversion), above the 45–50% target, with Q4 free cash flow of $1.3 billion.
  • Company adjusted EBITDA margins expanded 90 bps to a record 17.4% in 2025; IET margins hit a record 18.5% (+170 bps).

Risks & pressure points

  • OFSE revenue declined 8% in 2025, with OFSE margins pressured by prevailing market conditions; Q4 adjusted EBITDA margin expansion of only 30 bps company-wide to 18.1% was held back by OFSE softness.
  • 2026 guidance points to a modest year-over-year organic revenue decline and flat organic OFSE margins, with increased tariff costs, unfavorable mix (lower-margin OFSE declining) and pricing variability cited as headwinds.
  • Chart acquisition deconsolidation impact will be modestly dilutive to OFSE margins in 2026; 2026 total company adjusted EBITDA margin guidance of ~18% still leaves a 200 bps gap to the 20% target by 2028.
  • Geopolitical and trade-related uncertainty expected to persist, and management is taking a 'prudent long-term view' on Venezuela while legal/regulatory clarity is still being sought.
  • NovaLT slots are effectively full through 2028, meaning capacity, not demand, is the binding constraint on near-term data center power order conversion.

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
New Energy orders
2026
$2.4B – $2.6B

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Dividend / share
$0.23
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