Baker Hughes Company

BKR

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy

Also trades as: 0RR8.L

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Weak

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Baker Hughes makes equipment and provides services that help oil and gas companies drill for and produce energy. Its main products include drilling tools, turbines, compressors, and sensors used at oil wells and natural gas facilities around the world. It also sells industrial equipment to power plants and chemical companies, making it one of the largest oilfield services companies globally.

Baker Hughes earns money by selling equipment outright and through long-term service contracts with energy producers, refiners, and industrial customers. It operates across North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, generating roughly $27 billion in annual revenue. The company has a competitive edge through its broad technology portfolio and deep customer relationships built over decades. The key growth driver is rising demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, but the main risk is that a prolonged drop in oil prices could cause energy companies to cut spending on new drilling projects, directly hurting Baker Hughes's revenue.

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Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

-2.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-2.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$18.8B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Baker Hughes Company's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

23.4%

Thin — 23.4% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

12.7%

Healthy — 12.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

9.9%

Below par — 9.9% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+0.4%

Nearly flat sales (+0.4% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+1.9%

Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

143%

Turns 143% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

11.3%

Modest free cash flow (11.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.82

Moderate — manageable debt (0.82)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

13.31x

Comfortably covers interest (13.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

19.9x

no trend

Fair value — P/E 19.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+1.5

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.52%

no trend

Small dividend — 1.52% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+2.2%

no trend

Dividend flat

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