BKRBaker Hughes

$56.70+21% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though margins widening.

1 good, 1 neutral, 2 without data
Margin direction, 3 years+4.8 pts

Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.

Where ROE comes from6% ROA

A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 15% = margin × turnover × leverage.

All from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is BKR?

Baker Hughes keeps 11% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 5.9% for the median Oil & Gas Equipment & Services name.

11%

Net margin · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median 5.9% · 12 months to Q2 2026

R&D as % of revenue
2.1%

R&D as % of revenue

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2020−77%
FY20216.4%
FY20225.6%
FY20239.1%
FY202411%
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Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
11%
Free cash flow margin
11%
R&D as % of revenue
2.1%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$27.7B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$3.13B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$3.10B

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.