Oceaneering International Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Oceaneering International Inc had return on equity of 39.6%, an operating margin of 10.9%, debt equal to 45.5% of equity and a current ratio of 1.99. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 24.0% | 24.3% | 23.2% | 22.6% | 23.3% | 23.5% | 19.8% | 12.3% | 10.1% | 6.8% | 4.8% | 9.0% | 14.1% | 14.9% | 16.5% | 18.2% | 20.4% | 19.9% |
| Operating margin | 16.0% | 16.1% | 15.3% | 15.4% | 16.6% | 17.2% | 12.2% | 3.1% | 0.6% | −7.6% | −14.2% | −24.4% | 2.1% | 5.4% | 7.5% | 9.3% | 10.9% | 10.4% |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 10.4% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 11.7% | 7.5% | 1.1% | 8.7% | −11.1% | −17.0% | −27.2% | −2.6% | 1.3% | 4.0% | 5.5% | 12.7% | 11.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.3% | 13.4% | 2.4% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 9.2% | 11.9% | 10.0% | 2.2% | −3.8% | 0.5% | 4.2% | 9.4% | 1.9% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 7.5% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 15.3% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 17.1% | 19.3% | 23.1% | 14.3% | 1.6% | 10.5% | −25.7% | −65.5% | −61.3% | −9.3% | 5.1% | 17.0% | 22.0% | 39.6% | 28.9% |
| Return on assets | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 12.6% | 12.9% | 6.7% | 0.7% | 5.4% | −7.3% | −12.5% | −20.8% | −2.5% | 1.3% | 4.6% | 6.4% | 14.1% | 12.2% |
| Asset turnover | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 0.88 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 1.03 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.11 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | 2.25 | 2.24 | 1.96 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 2.52 | 2.46 | 2.48 | 2.72 | 2.52 | 2.07 | 2.68 | 2.37 | 2.28 | 1.78 | 1.74 | 1.99 | 2.20 |
| Debt to equity | 9.8% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 44.9% | 50.4% | 52.3% | 47.8% | — | 74.5% | 145.9% | 139.0% | 134.9% | 76.0% | 67.5% | 45.5% | 40.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 37.5x | 51.5x | — | 101.6x | — | 133.5x | 14.9x | 2.8x | 0.4x | n/m | n/m | n/m | 1.0x | 2.9x | 5.0x | 6.5x | 8.2x | 8.6x |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.0% | 8.2% | 7.9% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 7.6% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.7% | 12.0% | 9.5% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.5% | 9.5% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 9.6% | 9.7% | 10.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 10.6% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.2% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 130.0% | 128.4% | 22.7% | 47.5% | 40.1% | 78.2% | 157.5% | 923.5% | 25.7% | — | — | — | — | 153.6% | 112.1% | 65.2% | 58.8% | 86.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.0% | 19.3% | 32.7% | 14.1% | 0.0% | 176.3% | 27.6% | 0.0% | 103.3% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 20.9% | 19.4% | 8.7% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 20.0% | 21.3% | 20.6% | 19.8% | 18.4% | 20.4% | 21.0% |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 10.9% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 9.8% | 8.3% | 11.5% | 11.7% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 7.5% | 7.8% | 9.6% | 26.6% | 5.2% | 8.5% | 6.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.2% | −15.8% | 6.7% | 10.4% | 28.5% | −11.1% | 4.2% | 18.1% |
| Current ratio | 1.74 | 1.89 | 2.00 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.08 | 2.18 | 2.20 |
| Debt to equity | 67.5% | 62.5% | 57.6% | 53.5% | 45.5% | 44.2% | 42.1% | 40.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 9.0% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 8.9% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 8.9% | 9.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.7bn of assets due within a year against $770m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $735m of cash against $491m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 40% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 141% to 40% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $380m of operating cash flow against $491m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $304m against $35m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Oceaneering International's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 4 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 4.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 5 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 13.7%, moving by 5.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.9%; its worst year was -35.7%.
- Cash conversion 10 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 4.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 16 / 20
The diluted share count rose 0.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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