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Company snapshot — Weatherford International plc

WFRD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Weatherford International supplies equipment and services used across the life of an oil or gas well, from drilling through completion, production and intervention. It works across three segments covering drilling and evaluation, well construction and completions, and production and intervention, offering tools such as directional drilling systems, cementing products, completion packers, artificial lift systems and well-abandonment services. It is based in Houston and serves oil, gas and geothermal operators worldwide.
Where it sits in the stack
Weatherford holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits instead in the energy-services sleeve of our broader universe, alongside other oilfield equipment and service providers, outside the layers Closelook tracks for the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for Weatherford; the market usually compares it with Halliburton among integrated oilfield-services providers.
Why Closelook tracks it
Weatherford carries no index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
How drilling and completion spending by producers moves with commodity prices, since Weatherford's order book tends to follow that activity.

Weatherford International plc (WFRD) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 30, quality 67, valuation 70) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WFRD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-23

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for WFRD from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 116 Target set to $116 (+37% to spot) 2026-09-23

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · US · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against WFRD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.27%, quarterly · buybacks 101 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What WFRD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.08 USD per share · a 1.27% yield on the 2026-09-23 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-23
  • Change on the year +43.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.28 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-06
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.00 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.83 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-21
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 72 m USD 21% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 101 m USD 1.7% of today's market value
  • Share count −3.1% in FY2025 38 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 173 m USD · 38% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta −0.16 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How WFRD has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.16 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Weatherford International plc moved −0.16% on average · correlation −0.04 · higher than 5% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.43 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.31% on average against −0.76% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.79% TLT −1.58% that day 2026-09-23

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 65/100 · S&P 500 fund at 68, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-23
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +9.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-23
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −2.0% week · −0.6% month · +17.1% quarter · +12.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-23
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is Weatherford International plc (WFRD)?

Weatherford International plc trades as WFRD on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-24.

Is WFRD in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Weatherford International plc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-24.

What is Weatherford International plc's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 30, quality 67 and valuation 70 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-24. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does WFRD trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.2% vs the 50-day and -8.6% vs the 200-day average, 24.9% below the 52-week high and +40.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 33 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Weatherford International plc do?

Weatherford International supplies equipment and services used across the life of an oil or gas well, from drilling through completion, production and intervention. It works across three segments covering drilling and evaluation, well construction and completions, and production and intervention, offering tools such as directional drilling systems, cementing products, completion packers, artificial lift systems and well-abandonment services. It is based in Houston and serves oil, gas and geothermal operators worldwide. The diary holds no peer group for Weatherford; the market usually compares it with Halliburton among integrated oilfield-services providers.

Where does Weatherford International plc sit in the AI build-out?

Weatherford holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits instead in the energy-services sleeve of our broader universe, alongside other oilfield equipment and service providers, outside the layers Closelook tracks for the AI stack. Weatherford carries no index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Weatherford International plc pay a dividend?

Weatherford International plc has paid 1.08 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.27% on the 2026-09-23 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.28 USD on 2026-08-06. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 72 m USD in dividends and bought back 101 m USD of its own shares, 38% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 3.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Weatherford International plc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Weatherford International plc had a beta of −0.16 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 5% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.31% on average, against −0.76% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Weatherford International plc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Weatherford International plc on the Closelook wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-23 (target 116). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WFRD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.