Weatherford International plc (WFRD) Stock

Weatherford International plc (WFRD) is a Industrials stock trading at $88.70 (as of 2026-07-24), with a market capitalization of $6.38B and a trailing P/E of 18.9. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Weatherford International plc is an energy services company that supplies equipment and services for the lifecycle of oil, geothermal, and natural gas wells, including drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and well intervention. It operates across the Western and Eastern Hemisphere and provides well construction and testing tools, artificial lift systems, reservoir stimulation and pressure pumping services, and downhole and surface technologies for monitoring and production.

Understand Weatherford International plc: how it makes money

Weatherford provides equipment and services for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil, geothermal, and natural gas wells, including artificial lift systems and pressure pumping and reservoir stimulation services.

Its profit model is structurally tied to well activity, because it earns revenue by delivering drilling, completion, and intervention solutions (equipment plus services) that operators buy when they are building or maintaining wells.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
WCC	$0.5B
DrillEval	$0.3B
ProdInt	$0.3B

Business quality (Weak): Good: business activities and operating metric candidates are clear. Limitation: only revenue and operating margin are provided, and gross margin is not, so there is limited visibility into cost structure.

Valuation: At 16× earnings, WFRD trades 52% below the Machinery average (34×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Pipeline signal: Management tracks Global Commercial Wins, which can indicate future demand for well services and equipment.
Work mix across the well lifecycle: Segment revenues span Well Construction and Completions, Drilling and Evaluation, and Production and Intervention, which can support resilience if one part of the cycle lags.
Cash conversion focus: The company also tracks Net Working Capital Days and Net Working Capital Days Improvement, which can matter for translating revenue into cash.

Bear case

Demand cyclicality: Because the business depends on drilling, stimulation, and intervention activity, a slowdown in well spending can pressure commercial wins and revenue.
Working capital risk: If Net Working Capital Days does not improve, cash tied up in working capital can increase, which can constrain flexibility.
Customer concentration signal: The presence of a metric for Mexico largest customer balance in queue suggests certain customer balances can be important, so collection or project timing can affect results.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$88.70
Market Cap	$6.38B
P/E Ratio	18.9
EV / EBITDA	6.5
Price / Book	3.57
Price / Sales	1.37
FCF Yield	9.6%
DCF Value (model)	$108.59
DCF Upside vs Price	22.4%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$4.92B
Net Margin	8.8%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	-10.8%
EPS Growth (YoY)	-14.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-8.7%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	2.64 (grey)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	18.9
Sector P/E (Industrials)	28.3
Industry P/E (Machinery)	33.7
vs Sector	-33.0%
vs Industry	-43.8%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock, Inc. ($754.42M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Industrials
Industry	Machinery
CEO	Girishchandra K. Saligram
Employees	18,000
Country	US
IPO Date	2021-01-04

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Data as of 2026-07-24.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.