For the quarter ended September 2025, Transocean (RIG) reported revenue of $1.03 billion, up 8.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.06, compared to $0 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 billion, representing a surprise of +2.12%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +50%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.04.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Transocean performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average Daily Revenue - Total fleet average daily revenue: $462.3 thousand versus $449.7 thousand estimated by three analysts on average.
- Average Daily Revenue - Ultra Deepwater Floaters: $460.2 thousand versus the three-analyst average estimate of $453.77 thousand.
- Utilization - Harsh Environment Floaters: 90.6% compared to the 90.8% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Utilization - Total fleet average rig utilization: 76% versus 74.1% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Utilization - Ultra-Deepwater Floaters: 71% compared to the 68.7% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Average Daily Revenue - Harsh Environment Floaters: $467.1 thousand versus $441.38 thousand estimated by three analysts on average.
- Contract drilling revenues- Harsh Environment Floaters: $332 million compared to the $265.49 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +18.6% year over year.
- Contract drilling revenues- Ultra-Deepwater Floaters: $696 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $683.9 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.2%.
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Shares of Transocean have returned +20.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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