SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES INC
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $919.4M | $884.0M | $45.9M | $667.2M | $972.1M | $1.48B |
| Operating income | $241.8M | $203.4M | −$4.5M | −$133.3M | $13.3M | −$369.3M |
| Net income | $175.0M | $286.5M | $268.8M | −$396.2M | −$255.7M | −$858.1M |
| Total assets | $1.34B | $1.19B | $1.46B | $1.50B | $1.99B | $2.22B |
| Total liabilities | $380.1M | $408.1M | $554.1M | $1.84B | $1.94B | — |
| Equity | $960.9M | $782.9M | $902.7M | −$338.6M | $49.6M | $290.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.68 | $14.26 | $18.03 | $-26.73 | $-16.61 | — |
| Shares out. | 20,152 | 20,087 | 20.0M | 15.8M | 155.9M | 154.2M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2023- Operating margin
- 26.3%
- Net margin
- 19.0%
- Return on equity
- 18.2%
- Return on assets
- 13.1%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 20.9%
- Liabilities / assets
- 28.3%
- Debt / equity
- 0.40×
- Book value / share
- $47683.16
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 4.0%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- −38.9%
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2023- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 6.91safe
- Accruals / assets
- −2.0%clean
- Beneish M-Score
- -2.49normal
- Piotroski F-Score
- 6/9mixed
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Signs
● 1 severe● 7 good- Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
- Operating margin is positive
- Strong return on equity (>15%)
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
- Altman Z″ in the safe zone
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Risk flags
late SEC filings- NT 10-Q/Amissed a reporting deadline ↗Nov 15, 2021
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Nov 15, 2021
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗Aug 13, 2021
- NT 10-Qmissed a reporting deadline ↗May 18, 2021
A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlap David DOfficer — President and CEO | Feb 1, 2021 | Sell | 37,188 | $0.06 |
| Ballard Westervelt T. JrOfficer — EVP, CFO & Treasurer | Jan 28, 2021 | Sell | 20,000 | $0.06 |
| Masters William BOfficer — Executive VP & General Counsel | Jan 21, 2021 | Tax withholding | 16 | $0.07 |
| Ballard Westervelt T. JrOfficer — EVP, CFO & Treasurer | Jan 15, 2021 | Sell | 33,410 | $0.08 |
| Dunlap David DOfficer — President and CEO | Jan 8, 2021 | Sell | 5,750 | $0.12 |
| Ballard Westervelt T. JrOfficer — EVP, CFO & Treasurer | Jan 8, 2021 | Sell | 40,000 | $0.10 |
| Mcshane MichaelDirector | Dec 17, 2020 | Sell | 105,382 | $0.04 |
| Hall Terence EDirector | Dec 15, 2020 | Sell | 96,688 | $0.05 |
| Spexarth James W.Officer — Chief Accounting Officer | Dec 11, 2020 | Sell | 15,928 | $0.06 |
| Funk James MDirector | Dec 11, 2020 | Sell | 11,000 | $0.06 |
| Bernard A PatrickOfficer — Executive Vice President | Dec 8, 2020 | Sell | 12,195 | $0.07 |
| Masters William BOfficer — Executive VP & General Counsel | Dec 8, 2020 | Sell | 19,723 | $0.08 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Modified shareholder rights · Regulation FD disclosureJan 30, 2025
- Director / officer changeDec 31, 2024
- Regulation FD disclosureDec 20, 2024
- Shareholder vote · Other material eventDec 16, 2024
- Results of operationsOct 30, 2024
- Director / officer changeOct 15, 2024
- Director / officer changeAug 19, 2024
- Results of operations · Regulation FD disclosureAug 15, 2024
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.