Liberty Energy vs NOV
NOV reported revenue of $8.7 billion in fiscal 2025, 2.2 times Liberty Energy's $4.0 billion in fiscal 2025. Liberty Energy's revenue fell 7.2% in its latest year, and NOV's fell 1.4%. Liberty Energy had an operating margin of 1.8%, against 5.7% at NOV. Free cash flow was $14 million at Liberty Energy and $876 million at NOV.
Side by side
| Liberty Energy | NOV | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $4.0B | $8.7B |
| Revenue growth | −7.2% | −1.4% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 32.9% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 20.2% |
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 5.7% |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 1.7% |
| Free cash flow | $14M | $876M |
| Free cash flow margin | 0.3% | 10.0% |
| Return on capital | 2.2% | 3.5% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.9x | 0.5x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $79M | $505M |
| Change in diluted share count | −2.4% | −5.3% |
| Last close | $16.07 | $20.19 |
| P/E at the last close | 67.0× | 80.8× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $500,057, sold $3.2 million | bought $1.0 million, sold $4.6 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Liberty Energy and NOV pages.