NOV Inc. reports Q2 EPS 39c, consensus 30c

Reports Q2 revenue $2.09B, consensus $2.08B. CEO Clay Williams says: “NOV‘s consolidated revenue increased seven percent sequentially, which helped lift fully diluted earnings per share to the highest level since 2015. Rising demand in offshore and international land markets led to a two percent sequential increase in capital equipment orders for the Company, despite economic uncertainty and continued declines in North American rig activity. We believe the substantial backlog of oil and gas development projects across offshore and international land markets will continue to push oilfield service asset utilization higher, prompting continued demand for NOV’s critical equipment and technologies. Encouragingly, the Company’s global supply chain is continuing to improve, which is positively impacting sales growth and profitability. However, compressing delivery times from most, but not all, of our vendors led to higher inventories in the second quarter, which contributed to NOV’s working capital growth and cash draw. We expect inventory balances to remain elevated as supply chains normalize, before reversing out in the fourth quarter. As the pace of customer backlog conversion accelerates through the second half of the year, we expect both improved profitability and sequentially improving free cash flow, particularly in the fourth quarter and continuing into 2024.”