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Weatherford International plc (WFRD)

Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Houston, United States | NasdaqGS
93.79 USD +1.82 (1.979%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 93.79

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:58 a.m. EDT

Analysts are upgrading the stock and the price has surged 3.6% recently, signaling immediate optimism that is supported by heavy call buying in the near term. However, this momentum is fighting against a stark reality: earnings have collapsed by 71% and revenue is shrinking by 8%. While the company maintains a fortress-like Return on Equity of nearly 23% and a sustainable payout ratio of roughly 20%, the top-line deterioration suggests the business is in a difficult cycle. The four-year cumulative return of over 300% masks the recent sharp decline, making this a high-risk recovery play rather than a stable compounder. The dividend is safe but yields less than inflation, so income investors should look elsewhere. For traders, the options flow suggests a bet on a bounce, but for holders, the earnings trajectory remains the primary concern.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.045220
MSTL0.046481
AutoARIMA0.046835
AutoETS0.046835

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 4.31
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.286
Excess Kurtosis -1.15
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 90.665
Revenue per Share 66.546
Market Cap 6,723,377,664
Trailing P/E 18.14
Forward P/E 13.29
Beta 0.89
Profit Margins 7.66%
Website https://www.weatherford.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:58 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility remains elevated between 45% and 60%, reflecting uncertainty. Near-term expiration (September and October) shows a distinct bullish bias with open interest in out-of-the-money calls significantly outweighing puts. December calls feature a massive open interest wall at the 135 strike, while January contracts show a shift toward in-the-money positioning, suggesting a divergence in time horizons.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.31% 1.17%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-06 0.275 0.309128
2026-05-06 0.275 0.253760
2026-02-06 0.275 0.260639
2025-11-06 0.250 0.350877
2025-08-06 0.250 0.452571
2025-05-06 0.250 0.571821
2025-02-21 0.250 0.381796
2024-11-06 0.250 0.279049
2024-08-13 0.250 0.232775
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.1
dividendYield 1.2
exDividendDate 2026-08-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.05
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.011416766
lastDividendValue 0.275
lastDividendDate 2026-08-06
dividendDate 2026-09-03

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.41929007
Address1 2,000 St. James Place
All Time High 135.0
All Time Low 5.45
Ask 99.78
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 770,060
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,232,800
Average Volume 1,232,800
Average Volume10Days 770,060
Beta 0.89
Bid 93.44
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 3
Book Value 24.903
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 93.79
Current Ratio 2.344
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 93.82
Day Low 90.765
Debt To Equity 90.665
Display Name Weatherford
Dividend Date 1,788,393,600
Dividend Rate 1.1
Dividend Yield 1.2
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,723,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,723,400
Earnings Growth -0.71
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.713
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,664,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,526,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,526,400
Ebitda 929,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.19443001
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.8
Enterprise To Revenue 1.517
Enterprise Value 7,246,377,472
Eps Current Year 5.44831
Eps Forward 7.05877
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.17
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,785,974,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 86.8063
Fifty Day Average Change 6.9837036
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.08045158
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 41.92901
Fifty Two Week High 113.15
Fifty Two Week High Change -19.36
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.17110032
Fifty Two Week Low 60.235
Fifty Two Week Low Change 33.555
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.55706817
Fifty Two Week Range 60.235 - 113.15
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,609,770,600,000
Float Shares 70,114,815
Forward Eps 7.05877
Forward P E 13.287017
Free Cashflow 558,000,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 16,700
Fullday Change 1.82
Fullday Change Percent 1.97891
Fullday Price 93.79
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.30515
Gross Profits 1,458,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02149
Held Percent Institutions 1.08233
Implied Shares Outstanding 71,685,443
Industry Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Industry Disp Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Industry Key oil-gas-equipment-services
Ipo Expected Date 2,021-06-02
Ir Website http://www.weatherford.com/AboutWeatherford/InvestorRelations/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,785,974,400
Last Dividend Value 0.275
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Weatherford International plc, an energy services company, provides equipment and services for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil, geothermal, and natural gas wells worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Drilling and Evaluation; Well Construction and Completions; and Production and Intervention. It offers managed pressure drilling; directional drilling services, and logging and measurement services while drilling; services related to rotary-steerable systems, high temperature and high pressure sensors, drilling reamers, and circulation subs; open-hole and cased-hole logging services; wireline and drilling fluids; and intervention and remediation services. The company also provides tubular handling, management, and connection services; cementing products, including plugs, float and stage equipment, and torque-and-drag reduction technology for zonal isolation; completion tools, such as safety valves, production packers, downhole reservoir monitoring, flow control, isolation packers, multistage fracturing systems and sand-control technologies; liner hangers to suspend a casing string in high-temperature and high-pressure wells; and well Services. In addition, it offers re-entry, fishing, and well abandonment services, as well as patented downhole tools, tubular-handling equipment, pressure-control equipment, and drill pipe and tubulars; artificial lift systems, including reciprocating rod, progressing cavity pumping, and related automation and control systems, as well as gas, hydraulic, plunger, and hybrid lift systems, as well as related automation and control systems; and software, automation and flow measurement solutions. Further, it provides electrical and hydraulic power transmission to subsea equipment; and pressure pumping and reservoir stimulation services, such as acidizing, fracturing, cementing, and coiled-tubing intervention. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Long Name Weatherford International plc
Market us_market
Market Cap 6,723,377,664
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_553033
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 366,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 6,593,627,047
Number Of Analyst Opinions 12
Open 91.91
Operating Cashflow 717,000,000
Operating Margins 0.10498
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.20709999
Peg Ratio 1.74
Phone 713 836 4000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 93.79
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Previous Close 91.97
Price Eps Current Year 17.214514
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.766213
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.4071531
Profit Margins 0.0766
Quick Ratio 1.627
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.82
Regular Market Change Percent 1.97891
Regular Market Day High 93.82
Regular Market Day Low 90.765
Regular Market Day Range 90.765 - 93.82
Regular Market Open 91.91
Regular Market Previous Close 91.97
Regular Market Price 93.79
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 970,659
Return On Assets 0.07896
Return On Equity 0.22793
Revenue Growth -0.082
Revenue Per Share 66.546
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 71,685,443
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0555
Shares Short 3,979,747
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 5,890,107
Short Name Weatherford International plc
Short Percent Of Float 0.0633
Short Ratio 3.28
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WFRD
Target High Price 151.0
Target Low Price 93.0
Target Mean Price 116.91667
Target Median Price 115.0
Total Cash 1,100,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 15.345
Total Debt 1,622,000,000
Total Revenue 4,777,999,872
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.05
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.011416766
Trailing Eps 5.17
Trailing P E 18.1412
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.8168
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 91.64995
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.1400528
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.02335029
Type Disp Equity
Volume 970,659
Website https://www.weatherford.com
Zip 77,056