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Drilling Services
During the first quarter, Drilling Services revenue totaled $413 million. Drilling Services adjusted gross profit was $165 million during the quarter compared to $163 million during the prior quarter.

Within the Drilling Services segment for the first quarter, U.S. Contract Drilling operating days totaled 9,573. The average rig revenue per operating day in U.S. Contract Drilling was $35,720 in the quarter, and the adjusted gross profit per operating day in U.S. Contract Drilling was $16,170. Adjusted gross profit per operating day increased due to strong customer adoption of our APEX ^® rig technology as well as the benefit of performance-based pricing agreements.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had term contracts for drilling rigs in the United States providing for future dayrate drilling revenue of approximately $407 million. Based on contracts currently in place, the Company expects an average of 62 rigs operating under term contracts during the second quarter of 2025 and an average of 35 rigs operating under term contracts over the four quarters ending March 31, 2026.

For the first quarter, other Drilling Services revenue, which primarily includes International Contract Drilling and Directional Drilling, was $71 million, with adjusted gross profit of $10 million.

Our U.S. Contract Drilling business is the majority of our Drilling Services segment, and historically we have disclosed revenue per day and adjusted gross profit per day specific to this business line. Moving forward, while we will continue to report U.S. Contract Drilling operating days, we will no longer report revenue per day or adjusted gross profit per day. As we further integrate our drilling operations and shift more towards performance-based agreements, we no longer plan to isolate and report individual components of the segment. Instead, we will focus on providing details at the segment level to better reflect the integrated nature of our operations.

Completion Services
First quarter Completion Services revenue totaled $766 million, with adjusted gross profit of $108 million. We saw activity improve off the lows in the fourth quarter, with strong customer demand in oil and natural gas basins as customer completion schedules reset. Pricing was slightly lower relative to the fourth quarter, although we offset a portion of the lower pricing with cost controls. In addition to higher revenue in our hydraulic fracturing business, we saw higher revenue from integrated services and products, which supported higher efficiency and profitability for the segment.

As the quarter progressed, we saw demand begin to improve in natural gas basins, primarily in the Haynesville.

Currently, including our Emerald™ line of 100% natural gas-powered assets and our dual fuel assets, approximately 80% of our active fleet is capable of being powered by natural gas, with that proportion expected to increase in 2025.

Drilling Products
First quarter Drilling Products revenue totaled $86 million, with adjusted gross profit of $39 million. Revenue was relatively steady across all geographies compared to the fourth quarter, with better adjusted gross profit margin for the segment on slightly lower direct operating costs driven by operational efficiencies.

New product innovation continues to drive growth at strong returns within the overall Drilling Products segment, with the team demonstrating the ability to innovate and anticipate market needs.

Other
During the first quarter, Other revenue totaled $16 million, with adjusted gross profit totaling $7 million.

Outlook
Within the Drilling Services segment for the second quarter, we expect a relatively steady rig count compared to the first quarter. We expect adjusted gross profit within the Drilling Services segment to decline slightly, with the sequential change driven by a reduction in average contracted revenue as legacy contracts roll, as well as some normal seasonal increase in costs.

In our Completion Services segment for the second quarter, we currently see steady activity compared to the run rate towards the end of the first quarter, although current oil prices could impact demand for completion services later in the quarter. We expect second quarter Completion Services adjusted gross profit to decline slightly, sequentially, which anticipates some potential white space later in the quarter.

In our Drilling Products segment for the second quarter, we expect relatively flat sequential adjusted gross profit, with steady activity in the U.S. We expect normal seasonal spring breakup in Canada to be mostly offset by higher International revenue in the rest of the world.

Subsequent to the close of the first quarter, we absorbed a portion of the assets of Great Plains Oilfield Rental business into our other business units and divested the remainder of the business. Great Plains comprised roughly two-thirds of the revenue and adjusted gross profit of our Other businesses. As a result, we expect Other adjusted gross profit in the second quarter to decline proportionally as compared to what we reported in the first quarter.

For the second quarter, we expect selling, general and administrative expense of approximately $65 million, and depreciation, depletion, amortization, and impairment expense of approximately $230 million.

For purposes of the shareholder return target, the Company defines adjusted free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures plus proceeds from the sale of assets.The shareholder return target, including the amount and timing of any dividend payments and/or share repurchases are subject to the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors and will depend upon business conditions, results of operations, financial condition, terms of the Company's debt agreements and other factors.

All references to "per share" in this press release are diluted earnings per common share as defined within Accounting Standards Codification Topic 260.

First Quarter Earnings Conference Call
The Company's quarterly conference call to discuss the operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, is scheduled for April 24, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. The dial-in information for participants is (800) 715-9871 (Domestic) and (646) 307-1963 (International).The conference ID for both numbers is 2545909. The call is also being webcast and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at investor.patenergy.com . A replay of the conference call will be on the Company's website for two weeks.

About Patterson-UTI
Patterson-UTI is a leading provider of drilling and completion services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States and other select countries, including contract drilling services, integrated well completion services and directional drilling services in the United States, and specialized bit solutions in the United States, Middle East and many other regions around the world. For more information, visit www.patenergy.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are protected as forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are not limited to historical facts, but reflect Patterson-UTI's current beliefs, expectations or intentions regarding future events. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "budgeted," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "pursue," "should," "strategy," "target," or "will," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding Patterson-UTI's future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Patterson-UTI's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: adverse oil and natural gas industry conditions, including the impact of commodity price volatility on industry outlook; global economic conditions, including inflationary pressures and risks of economic downturns or recessions in the United States and elsewhere; volatility in customer spending and in oil and natural gas prices that could adversely affect demand for Patterson-UTI's services and their associated effect on rates; excess supply of drilling and completions equipment, including as a result of reactivation, improvement or construction; competition and demand for Patterson-UTI's services; the impact of the ongoing Ukraine/Russia and Middle East conflicts and instability in other international regions; strength and financial resources of competitors; utilization, margins and planned capital expenditures; ability to obtain insurance coverage on commercially reasonable terms and liabilities from operational risks for which Patterson-UTI does not have and receive full indemnification or insurance; operating hazards attendant to the oil and natural gas business; failure by customers to pay or satisfy their contractual obligations (particularly with respect to fixed-term contracts); the ability to realize backlog; specialization of methods, equipment and services and new technologies, including the ability to develop and obtain satisfactory returns from new technology and the risk of obsolescence of existing technologies; the ability to attract and retain management and field personnel; loss of key customers; shortages, delays in delivery, and interruptions in supply, of equipment and materials; cybersecurity events; difficulty in building and deploying new equipment; complications with the design or implementation of Patterson-UTI's new enterprise resource planning system; governmental regulation, including climate legislation, regulation and other related risks; environmental, social and governance practices, including the perception thereof; environmental risks and ability to satisfy future environmental costs; technology-related disputes; legal proceedings and actions by governmental or other regulatory agencies; changes to tax, tariff and import/export regulations and sanctions by the United States or other countries, including the impacts of any sustained escalation or changes in tariff levels or trade-related disputes; the ability to effectively identify and enter new markets or pursue strategic acquisitions; public health crises, pandemics and epidemics; weather; operating costs; expansion and development trends of the oil and natural gas industry; financial flexibility, including availability of capital and the ability to repay indebtedness when due; adverse credit and equity market conditions; our return of capital to stockholders, including timing and amounts (including any plans or commitments in respect thereof) of any dividends and share repurchases; stock price volatility; and compliance with covenants under Patterson-UTI's debt agreements.

Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in Patterson-UTI's SEC filings. Patterson-UTI's filings may be obtained by contacting Patterson-UTI or the SEC or through Patterson-UTI's website at http://www.patenergy.com or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov. Patterson-UTI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.

 

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Additional Financial and Operating Data
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1. Adjusted gross profit is defined as revenues less direct operating costs (excluding depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment expense). See Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for a reconciliation of GAAP gross profit to adjusted gross profit by segment.

 

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA
(unaudited, dollars in thousands)

1. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") is not defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus income tax expense (benefit), net interest expense, depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment expense (including impairment of goodwill) and merger and integration expense. We present Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental disclosure because we believe it provides to both management and investors additional information with respect to the performance of our fundamental business activities and a comparison of the results of our operations from period to period and against our peers without regard to our financing methods or capital structure. We exclude the items listed above from net income (loss) in arriving at Adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within our industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to the GAAP measure of net income (loss). Our computations of Adjusted EBITDA may not be the same as similarly titled measures of other companies.

 

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Free Cash Flow
(unaudited, dollars in thousands)

1. We define adjusted free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, plus proceeds from disposal of assets. We present adjusted free cash flow as a supplemental disclosure because we believe that it is an important liquidity measure and that it is useful to investors and management as a measure of the company's ability to generate cash flow, after reinvesting in the company, that could be available for financing cash flows, such as dividend payments, share repurchases and/or repurchases of long-term indebtedness. Our computations of adjusted free cash flow may not be the same as similarly titled measures of other companies. Adjusted free cash flow is not intended to represent our residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Adjusted free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, cash flows from operations reported in accordance with GAAP.

 

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Gross Profit
(unaudited, dollars in thousands)

1. We define "Adjusted gross profit" as revenues less direct operating costs (excluding depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment expense). Adjusted gross profit is included as a supplemental disclosure because it is a useful indicator of our operating performance.

 

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Drilling Services Adjusted Gross Profit
(unaudited, dollars in thousands)

1. We define "Adjusted gross profit" as revenues less direct operating costs (excluding depreciation, amortization and impairment expense). Adjusted gross profit is included as a supplemental disclosure because it is a useful indicator of our operating performance.

2. Operational data relates to our contract drilling business. A rig is considered to be operating if it is earning revenue pursuant to a contract on a given day.

 

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Leverage Ratio
(unaudited, dollars in thousands)

1. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") is not defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus income tax expense (benefit), net interest expense, depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment expense (including impairment of goodwill) and merger and integration expense. We present Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental disclosure because we believe it provides to both management and investors additional information with respect to the performance of our fundamental business activities and a comparison of the results of our operations from period to period and against our peers without regard to our financing methods or capital structure. We exclude the items listed above from net income (loss) in arriving at Adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within our industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to the GAAP measure of net income (loss). Our computations of Adjusted EBITDA may not be the same as similarly titled measures of other companies.

2. Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA are not defined by GAAP. We define Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA as debt, plus operating lease liability and finance lease liability, divided by Last Twelve Months Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA as debt, plus operating lease liability and finance lease liability, less cash, divided by Last Twelve Months Adjusted EBITDA. We present Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt-to-Adjusted EBITDA as supplemental disclosures because we believe these measures provide to both management and investors additional information with respect to our operating performance and financial position.

CONTACT:
Michael Sabella
Vice President, Investor Relations
(281) 885-7589

SOURCE: Patterson-UTI Energy

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