Q4 2025 Baker Hughes Co Earnings Call Transcript

Jan 26, 2026 / 02:30PM GMT
Release Date Price: CHF42.75 (+0.12%)

Key Points

Positve
  • Baker Hughes Co (BKR) reported a record full year adjusted EBITDA of $4.83 billion, demonstrating sustained momentum in their business systems.
  • The company achieved a record backlog of $32.4 billion at year-end, with a book-to-bill ratio exceeding 1 times.
  • Baker Hughes Co (BKR) generated robust free cash flow of $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter, contributing to a record annual free cash flow of $2.7 billion.
  • The Power Systems segment saw significant growth, with orders increasing to $2.5 billion in 2025, including $1 billion tied to data center applications.
  • The company maintained strong order momentum in Industrial & Energy Technology (IET), with a record $14.9 billion in orders for the full year.
Negative
  • Oilfield Services and Equipment (OFSE) margins declined due to prevailing market conditions, with revenue falling by 8% for the full year.
  • The company faced macro-driven softness in oilfield services and equipment, impacting overall performance.
  • Baker Hughes Co (BKR) anticipates low single-digit declines in global upstream spending in 2026, with North America expected to decline at a mid-single-digit rate.
  • The company is facing increased tariff-related costs, impacting margins in the OFSE segment.
  • There is ongoing geopolitical and trade-related uncertainty, which could pose risks to future performance.
Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Baker Hughes Company fourth-quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Mr. Chase Mulvehill, Vice President of Investor Relations. Sir, you may begin.

Chase Mulvehill
Baker Hughes Co - Vice President - Investor Relations

Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Baker Hughes fourth-quarter and full year earnings conference call. Here with me are our Chairman and CEO, Lorenzo Simonelli; and our CFO, Ahmed Moghal. The earnings release we issued yesterday evening can be found on our website at bakerhughes.com. We will also be using a presentation with our prepared remarks during this webcast, which can be found on our investor website.

As a reminder, we will provide forward-looking statements during this conference call. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and assumptions. Please review our SEC

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