VTOL Stock Analysis: Bristow | NYSE
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.335m USD | 12M Return: 21.4% | US11040G1031 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 10.7M
EPS Trend: 87.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 96.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Bristow Group Inc. (VTOL) is a Houston-based vertical flight solutions provider founded in 1948, operating across three reporting segments: Offshore Energy Services, Government Services, and Other Services. The company delivers helicopter transportation, search and rescue (SAR), medevac, fixed-wing transport, unmanned systems, and charter services to offshore energy operators and government agencies in markets including the UK, Norway, the US, and Nigeria. Ancillary offerings include aircraft dry leasing, parts sales, maintenance and logistical support, and crew training.
Operating within the GICS Oil & Gas Equipment & Services sub-industry, Bristows core business is tied to offshore oil and gas activity, as helicopters provide the primary crew link between onshore bases and offshore production platforms. The company is one of the largest commercial helicopter operators serving the offshore sector globally, and its government SAR contracts tend to provide a more stable revenue stream that partially offsets cyclical energy-sector demand.
- Offshore rig count recovery drives helicopter day rates higher
- UK SAR contract renewals secure multi-year government revenue
- Era integration synergies expand margins and fleet utilization
| Net Income: 104.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.07 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 26.89% < 20% (prev 20.47%; Δ 6.42% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 132.6m > Net Income 104.2m |
| Net Debt (879.3m) to EBITDA (251.9m): 3.49 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.26 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (30.0m) vs 12m ago 0.75% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 42.31% > 18% (prev 28.38%; Δ 13.93% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 66.97% > 50% (prev 63.84%; Δ 3.14% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.40 > 6 (EBIT TTM 157.9m / Interest Expense TTM 46.4m) |
| A: 0.18 (Total Current Assets 754.5m - Total Current Liabilities 333.9m) / Total Assets 2.38b |
| B: 0.20 (Retained Earnings 468.4m / Total Assets 2.38b) |
| C: 0.07 (EBIT TTM 157.9m / Avg Total Assets 2.34b) |
| D: 0.84 (Book Value of Equity 1.09b / Total Liabilities 1.29b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.14 = A |
| DSRI: 1.01 (Receivables 246.3m/226.7m, Revenue 1.56b/1.46b) |
| GMI: 0.67 (GM 28.38% / 42.31%) |
| AQI: 1.08 (AQ_t 0.09 / AQ_t-1 0.09) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 1.56b / 1.46b) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 104.2m - CFO 132.6m) / TA 2.38b) |
| Beneish M = -3.22 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of September 01, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 45.39 with a total of 324,982 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.22%, over one month by +0.42%, over three months by +9.01% and over the past year by +21.43%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 42.70 (which is 5.9% or 1.7 ATR below the current price).
Bristow has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy VTOL.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 64.3 | 41.7% |
P/E Trailing = 13.2111
P/S = 0.8538
P/B = 1.2491
Revenue TTM = 1.56b USD
EBIT TTM = 157.9m USD
EBITDA TTM = 251.9m USD
Long Term Debt = 718.1m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 95.8m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.19b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 224.3m
Net Debt = 879.3m USD (calculated: Debt 1.19b - CCE 314.8m)
Enterprise Value = 2.21b USD (1.34b + Debt 1.19b - CCE 314.8m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.40 (Ebit TTM 157.9m / Interest Expense TTM 46.4m)
EV/FCF = -64.26x (Enterprise Value 2.21b / FCF TTM -34.5m)
FCF Yield = -1.56% (FCF TTM -34.5m / Enterprise Value 2.21b)
FCF Margin = -2.20% (FCF TTM -34.5m / Revenue TTM 1.56b)
Net Margin = 6.66% (Net Income TTM 104.2m / Revenue TTM 1.56b)
Gross Margin = 42.31% ((Revenue TTM 1.56b - Cost of Revenue TTM 902.3m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 26.43% (prev 94.82%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.93 (Enterprise Value 2.21b / Total Assets 2.38b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.89% (Interest Expense 46.4m / Debt 1.19b)
Taxrate = 0.51% (108k / 21.3m)
NOPAT = 157.1m (EBIT 157.9m * (1 - 0.51%))
Current Ratio = 2.26 (Total Current Assets 754.5m / Total Current Liabilities 333.9m)
Debt / Equity = 1.10 (Debt 1.19b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.09b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.49 (Net Debt 879.3m / EBITDA 251.9m)
Debt / FCF = -25.51 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 879.3m / FCF TTM -34.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.06b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.46% (Net Income 104.2m / Total Assets 2.38b)
RoE = 9.82% (Net Income TTM 104.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.06b)
RoCE = 8.87% (EBIT 157.9m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.06b + L.T.Debt 718.1m))
RoIC = 7.60% (NOPAT 157.1m / Invested Capital 2.07b)
WACC = 5.89% (E(1.34b)/V(2.53b) * Re(7.69%) + D(1.19b)/V(2.53b) * Rd(3.89%) * (1-Tc(0.01)))
Discount Rate = 7.69% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 90.63 | Cagr: 1.16%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -34.5m)
EPS Correlation: 87.50 | EPS CAGR: 68.42% | SUE: -0.30 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 96.77 | Revenue CAGR: 7.58% | SUE: 0.41 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.19 | Chg30d=-4.80% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.48 | Chg30d=-11.01% | Revisions=-40% | GrowthEPS=-19.5% | GrowthRev=+12.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=5.15 | Chg30d=-4.22% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=+48.0% | GrowthRev=+5.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -38% (up=1, down=4)