RPC (RES) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES) provides essential equipment and services to companies engaged in the exploration, production and maintenance of oil and natural gas wells. The firm operates as an equity interest holding company, partnering with a network of independent service businesses to deliver a comprehensive suite of offerings for well completion and production operations.

Through its affiliated service companies, RPC offers pressure pumping and fracturing services, coiled tubing and nitrogen pumping, downhole tools and telemetry solutions, well intervention and workover services, along with rental tools and supply-chain logistics. This integrated model allows RPC to leverage specialized expertise while maintaining operational flexibility across its portfolio.

RPC’s operations span key hydrocarbon basins in North America, Latin America, Europe, West Africa and Asia, supporting both onshore and offshore projects. The company maintains a network of service centers and equipment yards in major drilling regions, enabling responsive field support and efficient mobilization of personnel and assets.

Founded in the mid-1980s and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, RPC has grown through strategic equity partnerships and targeted organic expansion. The company’s leadership team is headed by President and CEO David N. Mosley, under whose guidance RPC has continued to focus on operational efficiency, safety and service innovation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.85 to $7.11
• 50-Day Range: $5.98 to $8.01
• 52-Week Range: $4.18 to $8.16
• Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.54 billion
• P/E Ratio: 77.06
• Dividend Yield: 2.31%
• Price Target: $5.63
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

RPC Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

RPC scored higher than 51% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 156th out of 250 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

RPC has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Downside Risk

RPC has a consensus price target of $5.63, representing about 18.9% downside from its current price of $6.94.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

RPC has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 50.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for RPC are expected to grow by 50.00% in the coming year, from $0.18 to $0.27 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of RPC is 77.06, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.59.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of RPC is 77.06, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.43.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

RPC has a P/B Ratio of 1.40. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.13% of the float of RPC has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

RPC has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.87, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in RPC has recently decreased by 28.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

RPC pays a meaningful dividend of 2.28%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

RPC does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of RPC is 177.78%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, RPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.26% next year. This indicates that RPC will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.55

News Sentiment

RPC has a news sentiment score of 0.55. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for RPC this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for RES on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added RPC to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, RPC insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

58.80% of the stock of RPC is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

41.06% of the stock of RPC is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/10 Dividend: 2/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/10 Dividend: 2/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/10/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/11/2026
• Today: 5/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - FIELD SVCS
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:RES
• CIK: 742278
• Web: www.rpc.net
• Phone: (404) 321-2140
• Fax: 404-321-5483
• Employees: 2,893
• Year Founded: 1984

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for RPC: $5.63
• High Price Target: $7.50
• Low Price Target: $4.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -18.9%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 77.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 38.53
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $32.08 million
• Net Margins: 1.20%
• Pretax Margin: 2.54%
• Return on Equity: 4.82%
• Return on Assets: 3.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.03
• Current Ratio: 3.13
• Quick Ratio: 2.61

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.94
• Cash Flow: $0.96 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.25
• Book Value: $4.95 per share
• Price / Book: 1.40

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 221,640,000
• Free Float: 91,315,000
• Market Cap: $1.54 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69