Oceaneering shares fall 16.84% after quarterly earnings per share miss estimates
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Oceaneering shares fell 16.84% to $36.66 in trading on October 22, 2026, after third-quarter results showed adjusted earnings per share below analysts' expectations and revenue above estimates. The price was a Cboe BZX estimate displayed by MarketScreener at 12:08:18 p.m. Eastern time during the trading session. According to Investing.com, adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2026 were about $0.50, against analysts' expectations of $0.59 per share. The website described the result as "$0.09 below analysts' estimates," a comparison relating to the adjusted earnings measure. Revenue for the period, meanwhile, totaled $784.55 million, exceeding the average forecast of $775.93 million, leaving revenue above estimates despite the earnings-per-share miss.
In its original earnings release published through Business Wire, Oceaneering said third-quarter revenue rose 6% from the same period a year earlier to about $785 million. Net income attributable to the company, however, fell 26% year on year to $52.6 million, with bottom-line earnings declining as revenue continued to grow. Operating income for the period was $92.2 million, according to figures the company reported in its quarterly results. Diluted earnings per share under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles were $0.52, the reported accounting earnings figure for the third quarter. The company also included a loss on debt extinguishment of $19,034 thousand in its results for the period. On liquidity, free cash flow was about $142 million during the quarter, according to the same release. Management attributed that cash generation to "lower tax payments and capital expenditures," identifying those two factors in its explanation of cash performance for the period.
Oceaneering provides engineering services and products and robotic solutions to the offshore energy, defense, aerospace and manufacturing sectors, according to its official description in its September earnings-date announcement. The company had reported revenue of about $768 million in its second-quarter earnings release issued on July 22, below the revenue recorded in the third quarter. Second-quarter revenue growth was 10% year on year, with the company moving into the third quarter with higher revenue in absolute terms but a slower annual growth rate. Net income attributable to the company in the second quarter had risen 19% year on year to $65.0 million, before the annual comparison turned negative in the third quarter. Free cash flow was $32.0 million in the second quarter, making the latest cash performance stronger than in the previous quarter while net income moved in the opposite direction.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the third quarter were about $119 million, according to Oceaneering's earnings release for the period. That was within the range of $115 million to $125 million the company had forecast for third-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization when it announced its second-quarter results. For the current year, its previous guidance for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ranged from $400 million to $440 million for 2026. The company had scheduled its earnings conference call for October 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Central time, according to its announcement of the release and conference call dates. For 2027, Oceaneering issued preliminary guidance in its earnings announcement for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $430 million to $480 million.