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Trican Well Service
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Rating:76Outperform
Price Target:
C$8.00
â–²(33.11% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:10/29/26
Overall score reflects strong financial performance led by robust operating and free cash flow and generally healthy profitability, tempered by slightly lower recent net margins and rising leverage. Technicals are supportive with price above major moving averages and a positive MACD, though momentum is nearing overbought levels. Valuation is reasonable with a mid-teens P/E and ~3.16% dividend yield. Earnings call adds a modest positive tilt on strong demand and a booked Q1 2027, offset by guidance for a seasonally weaker Q4 and continued cost/pricing pressures.
Positive Factors
Strong Cash Generation
Robust operating and free cash flow gives Trican internal funding for fleet upgrades, debt service, dividends, and buybacks. This strengthens resilience through service-cycle fluctuations and supports continued investment without relying heavily on external capital.
Negative Factors
Pricing and Margin Pressure
Customer-supplied sand reduces the portion of the job’s economics captured by Trican, while competitive bidding limits pricing recovery. If these conditions persist, stronger activity may translate into less incremental profit and weaker cash conversion.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong Cash Generation
Robust operating and free cash flow gives Trican internal funding for fleet upgrades, debt service, dividends, and buybacks. This strengthens resilience through service-cycle fluctuations and supports continued investment without relying heavily on external capital.
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Trican Well Service (TCW) vs. iShares MSCI Canada ETF (EWC)
Market Cap
C$1.42B
Dividend Yield3.15%
Average Volume (3M)708.34K
Price to Earnings (P/E)13.7
Beta (1Y)0.09
Revenue Growth14.96%
EPS Growth-10.01%
CountryCA
Employees1,673
SectorEnergy
Sector Strength52
IndustryOil & Gas Equipment & Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.51
Shares Outstanding202,467,510
10 Day Avg. Volume973,482
30 Day Avg. Volume708,341
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.88
Price to Book (P/B)1.65
Price to Sales (P/S)1.05
P/FCF Ratio10.97
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price Target
C$8.67Price Target Upside44.20% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering3
EPS Forecast (FY)0.52
Revenue Forecast (FY)C$1.21B
Trican Well Service Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Trican Well Service Ltd. is a prominent Canadian enterprise offering specialized equipment, advanced technology, and vital services tailored for the drilling, completion, stimulation, and remediation of oil and gas wells. The company delivers an e...
How the Company Makes Money
TCW makes money by contracting with oil and gas producers to perform well servicing and completion work, with revenue recognized from delivering field services on a job-by-job basis. The primary revenue stream is pressure pumping (hydraulic fractu...
Trican Well Service Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Oct 27, 2026
(Q3-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Feb 24, 2027
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call was broadly positive, supported by higher revenue, adjusted EBITDA, earnings, free cash flow, strong liquidity, record October activity, strong equipment demand, and a nearly fully booked Q1 2027. However, management highlighted meaningful pressures from weather delays, customer-supplied sand, pricing competition, diesel-related inflation, potential tariffs, equipment shortages, and expected Q4 seasonality. The number and strength of the operational and financial positives outweighed the stated challenges.Positive Updates
Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Growth
Third-quarter revenue increased to $338.3 million from $300.6 million in Q3 2025, driven by stronger operating activity and utilization levels and a full-quarter contribution from Iron Horse versus effectively one month in Q3 2025. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $87.7 million, or 26% of revenue, from $59.5 million, or 20% of revenue.
Negative Updates
Weather-Related Downtime
Results were significantly affected by wetter-than-normal weather in Q3. Although activity was very busy, the two frac divisions experienced many down days, and Iron Horse also had significant weather delays.
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Q3-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Growth
Third-quarter revenue increased to $338.3 million from $300.6 million in Q3 2025, driven by stronger operating activity and utilization levels and a full-quarter contribution from Iron Horse versus effectively one month in Q3 2025. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $87.7 million, or 26% of revenue, from $59.5 million, or 20% of revenue.
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Company Guidance
Q4 results are expected to be lower than Q3, with all divisions except submitting expected to slow down as the company approaches the end of Q4 and activity expected to slow down significantly in December; Q3 is probably the busiest quarter of the year and Q4 and Q1 are just slightly, slightly below it. Q1 27 is almost fully booked, with customers expected to be busier next year, while basin activity is expected to go up 5% or so a year with a similar increase in pricing. The company said to assume the same CapEx for next year, expects its natural gas pumps to be fully deployed by year end, and expects mid-20s margins going forward. Over a 10-year period, about 50% of free cash flow is expected to go to shareholders through buybacks or dividends, and the basin is expected to continue to expand over the next 4 years, 5 years.Trican Well Service Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
78
Positive
Balance Sheet
70
Positive
Cash Flow
82
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 1.21B | 1.10B | 980.84M | 972.68M | 866.29M | 562.48M |
| Gross Profit | 239.12M | 212.86M | 190.00M | 201.15M | 150.34M | 43.29M |
| EBITDA | 270.14M | 253.64M | 225.54M | 238.76M | 190.68M | 101.76M |
| Net Income | 107.89M | 112.19M | 109.48M | 121.01M | 79.22M | 12.06M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 1.03B | 1.01B | 683.07M | 710.44M | 671.12M | 577.84M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 22.37M | 12.46M | 26.28M | 88.75M | 58.11M | 29.51M |
| Total Debt | 101.07M | 116.36M | 20.01M | 18.14M | 42.39M | 10.32M |
| Total Liabilities | 346.60M | 317.87M | 194.68M | 193.38M | 166.45M | 88.44M |
| Stockholders Equity | 678.93M | 695.85M | 488.39M | 517.07M | 504.67M | 489.40M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 204.28M | 104.69M | 79.78M | 169.17M | 48.61M | 20.21M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 285.32M | 167.58M | 154.84M | 248.46M | 152.23M | 74.10M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -82.25M | -126.10M | -75.92M | -75.09M | -85.80M | -39.35M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -189.23M | -55.29M | -141.39M | -142.73M | -37.83M | -27.84M |
Trican Well Service Technical Analysis
Positive
6.01
Price Trends
6.33
Positive
6.42
Positive
6.70
Positive
Market Momentum
0.20
Negative
66.18
Neutral
49.26
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For TSE:TCW, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 6.01 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 6.56, below the 50-day MA of 6.33, and below the 200-day MA of 6.70, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 0.20 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 66.18 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 49.26 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for TSE:TCW.
Trican Well Service Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 Outperform | C$1.47B | 16.65 | 14.51% | 1.14% | 21.71% | 40.07% | |
76 Outperform | C$1.42B | 13.71 | 15.61% | 3.15% | 14.96% | -10.01% | |
71 Outperform | C$789.37M | 12.72 | 8.75% | 9.98% | -14.91% | 442.58% | |
66 Neutral | C$4.04B | 43.80 | 6.01% | 0.51% | -4.14% | -47.81% | |
65 Neutral | $15.17B | 7.61 | 4.09% | 5.20% | 3.87% | -62.32% | |
57 Neutral | C$452.69M | 14.70 | 7.40% | 2.85% | 7.11% | -9.71% |
* Energy Sector Average
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6.99
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37.19%
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Trican Well Service Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyStock BuybackDividendsFinancial Disclosures
Trican boosts Q3 earnings and cash flow, steps up share buybacks and dividend
Positive
Oct 27, 2026
Trican reported a strong third quarter for 2026, with revenue rising to $338.3 million from $300.6 million a year earlier, driven by higher operating activity, better equipment utilization and a full-quarter contribution from its Iron Horse Energy...
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Trican to Release Q3 2026 Results and Host Investor Call
Neutral
Oct 1, 2026
Trican Well Service Ltd. plans to release its third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 27, 2026, after markets close, underscoring the company’s regular disclosure cadence to investors and analysts. Management will discuss the results...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Trican Renews Share Buyback Program After Repurchasing 29% of Equity Since 2017
Positive
Aug 14, 2026
Trican Well Service has completed its 2020-2021 normal course issuer bid, repurchasing and canceling approximately 11.3 million common shares for $24.3 million, bringing total buybacks since 2017 to nearly 101 million shares, or about 29% of its t...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Trican Renews Aggressive Share Buyback to Tighten Float and Boost Returns
Positive
Aug 14, 2026
Trican Well Service Ltd., listed on the TSX as TCW, is an energy services company based in Calgary that provides well servicing and related solutions to oil and gas producers. The firm has used share repurchases as a key tool in its capital manage...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Trican Renews Aggressive Share Buyback After Retiring 41% of Equity
Positive
Aug 14, 2026
Trican Well Service has completed its 2022–2023 normal course issuer bid, buying and canceling 23,083,554 common shares for $77.9 million at an average price of $3.37. Since launching the buyback program in 2017, the company has repurchased ...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Trican Renews Aggressive Share Buyback After Completing Maximum 2023-24 Program
Positive
Aug 14, 2026
Trican Well Service has completed its 2023-2024 normal course issuer bid, buying the maximum 21,004,897 common shares for $94.7 million at an average price of $4.50. Since launching its share buyback strategy in 2017, the company has repurchased a...
Business Operations and StrategyStock BuybackRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Trican Renews Share Buyback, Extends Aggressive Capital Return Strategy
Positive
Aug 14, 2026
Trican Well Service has secured Toronto Stock Exchange approval to renew its normal course issuer bid for the 2025–2026 period, authorizing the repurchase of up to 18,405,613 common shares, or 10% of its public float, through the TSX and Can...
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