Helmerich & Payne
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
4.904.113.73.34
Price/Sales ratio
0.670.630.570.58
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$3.62$4.31$4.8$5.31

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2024)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
12.06-127.89-43.9215.80-134.61-3.18-8.75718.969.948.738.82-134.61
Price/Sales ratio
1.604.473.123.061.560.892.421.901.501.091.100.89
Price/Book Value ratio
1.031.591.351.741.090.471.011.411.551.031.040.47
Price/Cash Flow ratio
3.589.6415.7614.005.112.9321.6616.735.184.394.432.93
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
17.8514.64-139.5597.8611.013.9754.43-101.359.8515.8616.0211.01
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.291.12-0.35-0.031.26-0.000.27-7.070.00-0.480.230.23
Dividend Yield
5.85%4.12%5.42%4.04%7.16%16.45%3.69%2.74%4.66%5.60%4.90%16.45%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
26.98%7.80%-1.66%10.08%15.26%5.72%-13.03%10.90%26.98%26.44%26.46%15.26%
Operating Profit Margin
21.34%-1.59%-9.56%1.27%7.61%-4.83%-28.57%1.09%19.56%16.39%16.23%7.61%
Pretax Profit Margin
21.02%-4.47%-10.22%0.63%-1.83%-35.88%-36.20%1.50%20.65%17.44%17.44%-1.83%
Net Profit Margin
13.33%-3.49%-7.10%19.40%-1.16%-27.98%-27.69%0.26%15.11%12.48%12.48%-1.16%
Effective Tax Rate
36.56%27.07%30.73%-3012.24%36.53%22.01%23.50%78.80%26.84%28.45%28.45%22.01%
Return on Assets
5.90%-0.83%-1.99%7.76%-0.55%-10.27%-6.70%0.12%9.90%5.95%5.95%-0.55%
Return On Equity
8.62%-1.24%-3.07%11.01%-0.81%-14.95%-11.58%0.19%15.66%11.79%12.14%-0.81%
Return on Capital Employed
9.93%-0.39%-2.83%0.54%3.92%-1.86%-8.35%0.57%14.17%8.47%8.38%3.92%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
4.094.763.582.952.714.39N/AN/AN/AN/A2.664.39
Quick Ratio
3.734.383.182.532.353.921.732.312.172.402.402.35
Cash ratio
2.042.741.510.750.842.221.050.580.610.480.482.22
Days of Sales Outstanding
51.8184.3096.4882.9464.9240.1269.9177.5152.0556.0256.0240.12
Days of Inventory outstanding
20.3330.3027.2925.8023.0322.7322.2717.5016.3921.2221.2222.73
Operating Cycle
72.14114.61123.77108.7587.9562.8592.1895.0168.4577.2577.2562.85
Days of Payables Outstanding
17.4823.2526.9721.6518.957.9519.0725.2622.7724.3124.3218.95
Cash Conversion Cycle
54.6591.3596.7987.0969.0054.8973.1069.7545.6852.9352.9354.89
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.070.070.070.070.080.090.200.120.120.300.300.08
Debt Equity Ratio
0.100.100.110.110.110.140.350.190.190.610.610.11
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.090.090.100.100.100.120.150.160.160.370.370.10
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.090.090.100.100.100.120.260.160.160.370.370.10
Interest Coverage Ratio
46.77-1.29-9.781.328.14-3.58N/AN/AN/AN/A15.388.14
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
2.661.530.721.101.781.120.130.431.520.380.381.12
Company Equity Multiplier
1.461.491.541.411.451.451.721.571.581.981.981.45
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.440.460.190.210.300.300.110.110.290.240.240.30
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.200.65-0.110.140.460.730.39-0.160.520.270.270.73
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
2.661.530.721.101.781.120.130.431.520.380.381.12
Short Term Coverage Ratio
36.29N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.28N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
70.66%-528.17%-238.28%63.90%-964.07%-52.44%-32.33%1972.36%46.40%48.94%48.94%-964.07%