VTOL Stock Analysis: Bristow | NYSE
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.230m USD | 12M Return: 25.8% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 10.6M
EPS Trend: 87.7%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: 96.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 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: 114.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.02 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 6.73 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 27.75% < 20% (prev 19.41%; Δ 8.33% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.08 > 3% & CFO 190.5m > Net Income 114.8m |
| Net Debt (900.7m) to EBITDA (234.5m): 3.84 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.15 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (30.1m) vs 12m ago 0.65% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 42.98% > 18% (prev 29.28%; Δ 13.70% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 66.79% > 50% (prev 66.47%; Δ 0.32% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.36 > 6 (EBIT TTM 148.5m / Interest Expense TTM 44.2m) |
| A: 0.18 (Total Current Assets 791.6m - Total Current Liabilities 367.4m) / Total Assets 2.41b |
| B: 0.19 (Retained Earnings 451.0m / Total Assets 2.41b) |
| C: 0.06 (EBIT TTM 148.5m / Avg Total Assets 2.29b) |
| D: 0.79 (Book Value of Equity 1.06b / Total Liabilities 1.35b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.03 = A |
| DSRI: 0.97 (Receivables 261.5m/253.9m, Revenue 1.53b/1.44b) |
| GMI: 0.68 (GM 29.28% / 42.98%) |
| AQI: 1.11 (AQ_t 0.09 / AQ_t-1 0.08) |
| SGI: 1.06 (Revenue 1.53b / 1.44b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 114.8m - CFO 190.5m) / TA 2.41b) |
| Beneish M = -3.23 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 07, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 42.10 with a total of 179,539 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.43%, over one month by -2.09%, over three months by -11.91% and over the past year by +25.81%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 40.30 (which is 4.3% or 1.4 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 | 62 | 47.3% |
P/E Trailing = 10.8203
P/S = 0.8047
P/B = 1.1616
Revenue TTM = 1.53b USD
EBIT TTM = 148.5m USD
EBITDA TTM = 234.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 727.4m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 101.9m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.25b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 245.2m
Net Debt = 900.7m USD (calculated: Debt 1.25b - CCE 344.5m)
Enterprise Value = 2.13b USD (1.23b + Debt 1.25b - CCE 344.5m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.36 (Ebit TTM 148.5m / Interest Expense TTM 44.2m)
EV/FCF = 35.97x (Enterprise Value 2.13b / FCF TTM 59.2m)
FCF Yield = 2.78% (FCF TTM 59.2m / Enterprise Value 2.13b)
FCF Margin = 3.88% (FCF TTM 59.2m / Revenue TTM 1.53b)
Net Margin = 7.51% (Net Income TTM 114.8m / Revenue TTM 1.53b)
Gross Margin = 42.98% ((Revenue TTM 1.53b - Cost of Revenue TTM 871.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 94.82% (prev 19.97%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.89 (Enterprise Value 2.13b / Total Assets 2.41b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.55% (Interest Expense 44.2m / Debt 1.25b)
Taxrate = 11.62% (15.1m / 130.2m)
NOPAT = 131.2m (EBIT 148.5m * (1 - 11.62%))
Current Ratio = 2.15 (Total Current Assets 791.6m / Total Current Liabilities 367.4m)
Debt / Equity = 1.18 (Debt 1.25b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.06b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.84 (Net Debt 900.7m / EBITDA 234.5m)
Debt / FCF = 15.20 (Net Debt 900.7m / FCF TTM 59.2m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.03b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.02% (Net Income 114.8m / Total Assets 2.41b)
RoE = 11.10% (Net Income TTM 114.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.03b)
RoCE = 8.43% (EBIT 148.5m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.03b + L.T.Debt 727.4m))
RoIC = 6.36% (NOPAT 131.2m / Invested Capital 2.06b)
WACC = 5.31% (E(1.23b)/V(2.48b) * Re(7.50%) + D(1.25b)/V(2.48b) * Rd(3.55%) * (1-Tc(0.12)))
Discount Rate = 7.50% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 91.11 | Cagr: 2.74%
[DCF] Terminal Value 75.44% ; FCFF base≈59.2m ; Y1≈59.5m ; Y5≈63.0m
[DCF] Fair Price = 2.68 (EV 980.2m - Net Debt 900.7m = Equity 79.5m / Shares 29.6m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 0.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 87.70 | EPS CAGR: 68.76% | SUE: -1.58 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: 96.36 | Revenue CAGR: 8.41% | SUE: 0.47 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.84 | Chg30d=-37.31% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.33 | Chg30d=-8.28% | Revisions=-25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.91 | Chg30d=+0.69% | Revisions=-50% | GrowthEPS=-9.6% | GrowthRev=+9.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=5.26 | Chg30d=-14.33% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-1.3% | GrowthRev=+5.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -62% (up=0, down=5)