Why is WFRD up?
Up 16% so far from Oct 19 to Nov 2.
- Weatherford International rose 16% so far from Oct 19 to Nov 2. 8 points of it came on Oct 21, the session after its Oct 20 results.
WFRD's Quality Score fell 3 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 5.
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Up 16% so far from Oct 19 to Nov 2.
| Holding it back | Sales down 6% on the year |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 27 |
TodayOil and tanker stocks fell together: “Oil Prices Slide And Energy Stocks Follow Lower”
Fri Nov 6: Ex-dividend, $0.275 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 3.
After its last 4 reports it closed +4.5% on average, higher 4 of 4 times.
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
WFRD is #5 of 12 by Quality Score among Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment.
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Net income over four quarters: WFRD $405M, BKR $3.10B, FTI $1.18B, WHD $163M.
Expected to report Tue Feb 2, after the close (in 92 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $1.1B, 7% less than a year ago; a profit of $1.66 a share, from $1.12.
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Service | $699M | $760M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 21)
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 5.9% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.10 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
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| Oct 20, 2026 | +4.8% | +7.8% | +13.0% |
| Jul 21, 2026 | +5.2% | +4.5% | +0.3% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | -2.9% | +1.4% | +10.7% |
Sales grew in three of the last five years, to $4.9B in 2025. It made a profit in four of the seven years.
Its dividends come to 14% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $1.10 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $79.7M a year |
| Free cash flow | $579M |
| Record | Raised in the last year |
3 insiders sold $2.2M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: WFRD is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Weatherford provides oilfield services and equipment to national, integrated, public, and private oil and gas operators. It operates across multiple upstream markets, including offshore, the rest of the world onshore, and US onshore, where Weatherford has limited exposure. The Middle East, North Africa, and Asia account for nearly 40% of sales. Weatherford also offers manufacturing, research, and training services. Weatherford reports performance through three segments: drilling and evaluation, well construction and completions, and production and intervention.
“We provide our products and services worldwide and compete with a number of global and regional competitors.”
WFRD scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #5 of 12 in Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 16% so far from Oct 19 to Nov 2. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
WFRD scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #5 of 12 in Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind WFRD's 5.
3 insiders sold $2.2M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Jacqueline C. Mutschler, Director, who sold $370K on Aug 10. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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