HP Earnings History
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) operates in the Energy sector, specifically the Oil & Gas Drilling industry, with a market capitalization near $3.82B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 7,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.61 to the broader market. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Led by Raymond John Adams, public since 1980-10-15.
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. has beat EPS estimates in 1 of the last 6 quarters.
| Date | EPS Est. | EPS Actual | Surprise | Revenue Est. | Revenue Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | 0.12 | N/A | N/A | $981.8M | N/A |
| May 6, 2026 | -0.06 | -0.38 | N/A | $945.6M | $932.4M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 0.12 | -0.15 | N/A | $989.3M | $1.02B |
| Nov 17, 2025 | 0.23 | -0.01 | N/A | $972.9M | $1.01B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.20 | 0.22 | N/A | $969.0M | $1.04B |
| May 7, 2025 | 0.65 | 0.02 | N/A | $955.4M | $1.02B |
What HP's Earnings History Tells Options Traders
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. has missed estimates more often than it has beat them (only 1 beats in 6 reports). Names with poor beat-rate history typically carry richer downside skew going into earnings and produce larger post-event moves on misses, conditions where put-spread or long-vol structures may carry edge over premium-selling. Beat rate is one input to event-driven sizing; pair it with the implied-vs-realized volatility view, the current IV rank, and the put-call skew going into the print. Surprise magnitude matters as much as direction - an in-line beat with conservative guidance can produce a larger negative move than a missed quarter with raised forward guidance. The earnings table above shows the most recent six reported quarters; for the full multi-year history including revenue growth trajectory and EPS guidance trends, the per-ticker fundamentals view aggregates the underlying GAAP filings.
How Earnings Drive HP Options Pricing
Earnings events are the largest single driver of single-name implied volatility in equity options markets. Pre-event, IV inflates over the two-to-three week run-up as the binary uncertainty of the print compounds; the IV rank typically peaks the day before the announcement. Post-event, IV crushes back toward the realized-volatility baseline as uncertainty resolves. The magnitude of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV was relative to the eventual realized move - an oversized pre-event IV with an undersized realized move produces the cleanest premium-selling outcome, while a stretched IV that still under-prices a tail move on the print produces the cleanest long-vol outcome.
The catalyst calendar for HP matters beyond the headline EPS surprise. Forward guidance revisions, capital-allocation changes (dividend hikes, buyback authorizations, M&A announcements), and segment-level performance discussions can drive larger post-event moves than the headline beat or miss. Pair the earnings beat-rate read above with the upcoming-event calendar and the IV-rank view to size pre-event and post-event positioning; for short-vol structures the goal is to be long premium-rich and to harvest the IV crush, while for long-vol structures the goal is to own gamma cheap into a regime where the realized move is likely to exceed the implied move.
Frequently asked HP earnings questions
- How often does HP beat earnings estimates?
- Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP) has beat consensus EPS estimates in 1 of the last 6 quarters. The table above shows estimate, actual, surprise percent, and revenue figures per quarter. Beat-rate matters less than the *pattern* of beats and misses: a name with a consistent beat history sees implied-vol expansion ahead of the print and a sharp IV crush after.
- What was HP's last reported earnings?
- The most recent reported quarter is Aug 5, 2026. Revenue, EPS, and prior-quarter comparisons are in the table above. Subsequent estimates and analyst-revisions live on the analyst-ratings page.
- How do HP earnings drive options pricing?
- Earnings events are the single largest driver of single-name implied volatility in equity options markets. Pre-event, IV inflates as the market prices the binary outcome (beat / miss / guidance change). Post-event, IV crushes as uncertainty resolves. The size of the crush is a function of how stretched pre-event IV was relative to the realized move: an oversized pre-event IV with an undersized move produces the cleanest premium-selling result. Pair HP earnings history with the implied-vs-realized volatility view to size pre-event positioning.
- When does HP report next?
- Next-quarter earnings dates are typically announced by the company 3-6 weeks ahead. Check the earnings-calendar page or company investor-relations site for the confirmed date. Pre-event IV typically begins building 2-3 weeks before the announcement and peaks the day before.