AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN)

Patterson-UTI posts $49 million Q2 net loss as revenue falls to $1.2 billion

Negative Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Patterson-UTI reported a second-quarter 2025 net loss attributable to common stockholders of $49 million, including a $28 million non-cash impairment tied to its Colombian drilling operations. Revenue was $1.2 billion, down from $1.28 billion in the first quarter and $1.35 billion a year earlier, and adjusted EBITDA fell to $231 million from $324 million in the second quarter of 2024. For shareholders, the filing also outlines a lower third-quarter Drilling Services gross profit outlook of approximately $130 million and a reduced 2025 maintenance capital expenditure expectation.

Key points

  • Net loss attributable to common stockholders of $49 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, versus net income of $11 million a year earlier
  • Total revenue of $1.2 billion; adjusted EBITDA of $231 million, compared with $324 million in the second quarter of 2024
  • Third-quarter Drilling Services adjusted gross profit expected at approximately $130 million; 2025 capital expenditures expected to be less than $600 million
  • Quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share declared, payable September 15, 2025 to holders of record as of September 2, 2025

The filing

CompanyPatterson-UTI Energy (PTEN)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 23, 2025, 6:27 PM ET
Accession number0000889900-25-000053

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations8.01 Other Events

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Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 23, 2025.

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