Simply Wall St
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Wondering if Oceaneering International at around $24.84 is still a deal or if the easy money has been made? You are not the only one sizing up whether the current price matches its long term potential.
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The stock has been choppy in the short term, down 3.9% over the last week and up 2.9% over the last month, but those swings sit on top of a 47.8% gain over 3 years and a 211.7% gain over 5 years.
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Recent market interest has been driven less by flashy headlines and more by a steady narrative around offshore energy services demand and subsea technology, with investors reassessing how cyclical the business really is. At the same time, a broader rotation into energy related names has kept sentiment alive even as short term returns have cooled.
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On our numbers, Oceaneering scores a 4/6 on our valuation checks, suggesting it screens as undervalued on most, but not all, of the metrics we track. You can see the breakdown in our valuation score. Next we will walk through the usual valuation tools investors lean on, and then wrap up with a more complete way to think about what the stock is really worth.
Find out why Oceaneering International’s 0.2% return over the last year is lagging behind its peers.
A Discounted Cash Flow, or DCF, model estimates what a business is worth today by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting those back to a present value. For Oceaneering International, the model uses a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach built on cash flow projections.
The company generated about $111.2 Million in free cash flow over the last twelve months, in $. Analyst forecasts and subsequent extrapolations by Simply Wall St point to free cash flow rising to roughly $310.6 Million by 2035, with intermediate years stepping up from about $145.7 Million in 2026 to $232 Million in 2029. These projections are then discounted to reflect risk and the time value of money.
On this basis, the model arrives at an intrinsic value of about $50.95 per share. Compared with the recent share price around $24.84, the DCF suggests the stock is trading at roughly a 51.2% discount. This indicates substantial upside potential if the cash flow trajectory plays out as expected.
Result: UNDERVALUED
Our Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis suggests Oceaneering International is undervalued by 51.2%. Track this in your watchlist or portfolio, or discover 899 more undervalued stocks based on cash flows.
