Propetro Holding Corp. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Propetro Holding Corp. had return on equity of 0.1%, an operating margin of 0.5%, debt equal to 14.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.29. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −15.4% | 2.5% | 13.6% | 10.8% | −16.6% | −7.9% | −0.2% | 8.0% | −11.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Net margin | −12.2% | 1.3% | 10.2% | 7.9% | −13.6% | −6.2% | 0.2% | 5.3% | −9.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −7.4% | −18.0% | 6.4% | −2.3% | 4.9% | 1.3% | −1.5% | 0.2% | 7.8% | 3.6% | −7.9% |
| Return on equity | −24.0% | 4.0% | 28.7% | 18.5% | −11.6% | −6.4% | 0.2% | 8.8% | −15.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Return on assets | −9.8% | 2.0% | 17.4% | 12.0% | −8.6% | −5.1% | 0.2% | 6.1% | −10.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Asset turnover | 0.81 | 1.56 | 1.71 | 1.51 | 0.63 | 0.83 | 1.07 | 1.16 | 1.07 | 1.01 | 0.70 |
| Current ratio | 1.66 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.61 | 1.61 | 1.44 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.31 | 1.29 | 3.49 |
| Debt to equity | 81.2% | 17.7% | 8.8% | 13.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 14.6% | 86.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 3.3x | 33.8x | 31.0x | n/m | n/m | n/m | 24.6x | n/m | 0.8x | 0.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 19.9% | 22.8% | 23.7% | — | — | 72.5% | 25.9% | — | 89.5% | 60.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 9.8% | 29.1% | 16.7% | 24.5% | 12.7% | 16.4% | 25.0% | 22.7% | 9.7% | 14.7% | 23.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | <−999% | 62.6% | −29.2% | — | — | −948.5% | 4.5% | — | >999% | <−999% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | >999% | 52.8% | 0.0% | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −5.8% | 2.6% | −1.0% | −2.1% | 2.1% | −3.0% | −1.0% | 3.1% |
| Net margin | −5.3% | 2.7% | −2.2% | −0.8% | 0.3% | −1.3% | −2.7% | 3.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.1% | 3.8% | 5.2% | −0.8% | 5.8% | −15.0% | 1.5% | −21.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.31 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.26 | 1.29 | 1.64 | 4.09 | 3.49 |
| Debt to equity | 5.5% | 5.4% | 7.4% | 11.5% | 14.4% | 9.7% | 82.1% | 86.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | — | — | 8.7% | 7.7% | — | — | 10.8% | 8.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $305m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $907m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $729m of cash against $840m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 86% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 86% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $196m of operating cash flow against $840m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $6m against $13m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Propetro Holding'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 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -1.8% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 8 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 25.5%, moving by 3.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -1.4%; its worst year was -13.1%.
- Cash conversion 7 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 9 years, at a median 2.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 23.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.1% 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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