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$21.14 +0.50 (+2.42%) At close · Aug 14
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$7.59B
Shares
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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

NOV Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

NOV Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Feb 5, 2026 Audio replay
Feb 5, 2026 1:02:41 37 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
1:02:41
Sources
4 artifacts

Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

NOV delivered Q4 2025 revenue of $2.28 billion (up 5% sequentially, down 1% year-over-year) with Adjusted EBITDA of $267 million, capping a full year of $8.74 billion in revenue and $1.03 billion in EBITDA. Full-year free cash flow reached $876 million and the company returned $505 million to shareholders.

Financial performance and profitability 33 Backlog and orders 32 Tariffs, inflation and market headwinds 16 Capital allocation and M&A discipline 12 Automation, robotics and digital 11 Offshore growth and demand 9

Management tone

Positive

Net tone +35 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “NOV delivered an outstanding fourth quarter to cap off a solid year, executing well in what continued to be a turbulent market environment”
  • “we ended the year with a total backlog of $4.34 billion”
  • “free cash flow in 2025 and $1.8 billion in free cash flow over the last 2 years”
  • “improvements in health and safety KPIs such as total recordable incident rate and lost time incident rate over the last few years”

Forward guidance

2 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $2.28B -1.3% YoY
Gross margin · derived Q4 20.3% -1.1 pp YoY
Net income · derived Q4 -$78.00M -148.8% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Energy Equipment segment posted its fourth consecutive year of revenue growth and EBITDA margin expansion
  • Full-year free cash flow of $876 million, with over 85% EBITDA-to-cash conversion for the second straight year
  • Cash conversion cycle improved to 119 days from 143 days in 2023, freeing up ~$630 million
  • Full-year Adjusted EBITDA exceeded $1 billion for the third straight year
  • Offshore-related backlog grew more than 10% during 2025 to total backlog of $4.34 billion
  • Returned $505 million of capital to shareholders during the year

Risks & pressure points

  • Q4 net loss of $78 million ($0.21 per share) versus net income of $160 million in Q4 2024
  • Full-year net income fell $490 million year-over-year due to higher effective tax rate from deferred tax asset valuation allowances
  • Q4 Adjusted EBITDA of $267 million declined 12% year-over-year
  • Full-year bookings of $2.34 billion produced a book-to-bill of ~91%, indicating softer order intake
  • Energy Products and Services segment revenue declined 4% year-over-year
  • Efficiency and productivity gains offset by lower activity levels, tariffs and inflation

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Feb 5, 2026.

Metric Guided
Adjusted EBITDA
first quarter of 2026
$200M – $225M
Adj. EBITDA
Q1'26 vs Q1'25
$200M – $225M

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Buybacks · derived
$85.00M
Dividend / share
$0.09
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