BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL)
Energy · Helicopter and vertical flight services for offshore energy and government operations · NYSE
The world's leading provider of helicopter and vertical flight solutions for offshore energy companies and government rescue operations, generating two-thirds of revenue from personnel transport to oil and gas platforms and installations globally.
What BRISTOW GROUP INC does
Bristow Group Inc. is the leading global provider of vertical flight and aviation services, primarily serving offshore energy companies and government entities. The company operates helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft to transport personnel to offshore production platforms, drilling rigs, and other installations, and provides search and rescue and medevac services. Its core segments are Offshore Energy Services (66% of revenue), Government Services (26%), and Other Services including a regional airline in Australia and aircraft dry-leasing (8%). Operations span major offshore energy regions including the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, the North Sea, and Canada.
Themes: offshore helicopter services, vertical flight / VTOL, energy sector support / oil & gas logistics, search and rescue / government services, personnel transportation, aviation logistics
Fundamentals
- Price$45.29 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.3B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+21.2% 2025-08-21 close $37.38 → 2026-08-21 close $45.29
- P/E13.05 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+6.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+25.6% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+9.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.68 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+8.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+7.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.26 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.1%; pays a dividend.
How VTOL compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 138 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 98 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 95 covered Energy peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How BRISTOW GROUP INC looks technically
BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) is trading 5.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 259 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 14 trading days ago.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 5.6% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +5.6% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $44.18 | $44.18 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $42.89 | $42.89 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 16 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 16 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 41.64. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 259 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 259 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 5.6% above | +5.6% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 14.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 49.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($41.64 to $47.91) — its "stochastic" reading is 58 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 58.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 5 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $50.38 | $50.38 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 10.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -10.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 28.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +28.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 10.1% below its highest point of the past year | 10.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 14 trading days ago | 14 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 14 trading days ago | 14 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $69.28 (set on 2013-12-06) | $69.28 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($35.70 to $50.01), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 33% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $40.71 to $41.17. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 33.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 34.6% below its all-time high | -34.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.9% above a support level at $44.42 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-05-26, most recently on 2026-06-12. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.00 (set on 2020-04-16) | $7.00 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 547.0% above its all-time low | +547.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 90% of it) | 10th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.48 between its high and its low — about 3.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.48 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $44.26 and $47.39 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $44.26 – $45.82 – $47.39 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.3% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (5.6% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.6 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.03× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 5 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 5 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 1 session ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 1 session ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.7% |
|---|---|---|
| Open gap | it gapped 2.9% above the previous close 11 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 44.24 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.9% |
| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap up opened on 2026-06-05 has been "filled" 51 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 51 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -3.04% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.0 percentage points (the stock gained 0.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | -2.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 2.2 percentage points (the stock gained 5.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | +2.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 13.9 percentage points (the stock lost 2.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -13.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 0.7 percentage points (the stock gained 21.2% while the market gained 20.5%) | +0.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.5% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $44.45 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 155 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.9% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $45.88 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 14 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
VTOL last closed at $45.29 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $44.42 | Support | 1.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-26 to 2026-06-12 |
| $46.34 | Resistance | 2.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-10 to 2026-04-23 |
| $43.11 | Support | 4.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-11-03 to 2026-02-17 |
| $42.05 | Support | 7.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-10-24 to 2026-03-13 |
| $50.07 | Resistance | 10.6% above the last close | turned there three times · 2026-02-26 to 2026-05-05 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $41.64.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $49.00 and $53.55 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $41.64.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.33 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$64.33 range $56.00 – $70.00; median $67.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on offshore energy company capital spending and exploration/production levels; economic cycles in oil and gas can materially impact demand and utilization rates","Exposure to multiple geographic markets and oil price volatility affecting customer investment in deepwater exploration and development","High capital intensity of helicopter fleet and maintenance; depreciation and amortization are significant operating costs"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of VTOL's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added reference to 'Prior Year Quarter' for three months ended March 31, 2025 (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Added reference to Form 10-K filed February 26, 2026 for year ended December 31, 2025 (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Added 'increased fuel prices' as a key risk factor (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Added 'including our expectations regarding our quarterly dividend program and our intention to pay down debt' to forward-looking statements definition (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Added 'and geopolitical risks' to oil and gas market conditions risk factor (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Added 'including the ongoing conflict in Iran, which could result in operational interruptions and supply impacts, including fuel shortages and price increases' to political instability risk factor (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to 'Current Year' and 'Prior Year' terminology for nine-month periods (older filing, filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed reference to Form 10-K filed February 27, 2025 for year ended December 31, 2024 (older filing, filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed 'the potential effects of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown on our Government Services business' as standalone bullet point (older filing, filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed 'or from a public health crisis' from oil and gas market conditions risk factor (older filing, filed 2025-11-05)
- Removed reference to 'United States' spelled out in full in disruptions in global trade section (older filing, filed 2025-11-05)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'supply chain disruptions and inflation' to 'supply chain disruptions, inflation and increased fuel prices' (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Changed 'our ability to recoup' to 'our ability or inability to recoup' (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Changed forward-looking statements reference from 'plans and objectives of our management' to more detailed 'plans and objectives of our management, including our expectations regarding our quarterly dividend program and our intention to pay down debt' (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Consolidated government shutdown risk from separate bullet to integrated reference: 'the potential effects of any future U.S. government shutdown on our Government Services business' (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Changed 'the United States' to 'the United States ("U.S.")' with acronym added (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Changed oil and gas risk factor from 'including changes resulting from a public health crisis or from the imposition or lifting' to 'including changes resulting from the imposition or lifting' and added separate geopolitical risks reference (newer filing, filed 2026-05-06)
- Notes:
- Text appears truncated at end of both filings; comparison limited to provided excerpt
- Quarter and year references differ between filings due to different reporting periods (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025)
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 3 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 3 sells ($34279) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 3 sells ($34279) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 5 sells ($1M) — 3 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-19. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about VTOL's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding VTOL as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 5,181,087
- Reported value $242,941,166
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 4 increased, 0 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
VTOL had 1,022,034 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
VTOL had 3.45% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 6.42 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,022,034
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.45%
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,100,519
- Reported change -7.13%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.42
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Equinor ASA (EQNR)
- CHC Helicopter
- Airbus Helicopters
- Leonardo S.p.A.
- Sikorsky Aircraft
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
Frequently asked questions
What does BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) do?
Bristow Group Inc. is the leading global provider of vertical flight and aviation services, primarily serving offshore energy companies and government entities. The company operates helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft to transport personnel to offshore production platforms, drilling rigs, and other installations, and provides search and rescue and medevac services.
What sector is BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) in?
BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is Helicopter and vertical flight services for offshore energy and government operations. It trades on NYSE.
Does VTOL pay a dividend?
Yes — BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.12% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are BRISTOW GROUP INC's (VTOL) competitors?
Notable peers of BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) include Equinor ASA, CHC Helicopter, Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo S.p.A. and Sikorsky Aircraft. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) overbought or oversold right now?
BRISTOW GROUP INC (VTOL) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on VTOL come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.