Company Analysis

Tidewater, Inc. (TDW)

NYSE: TDW · Water Transportation · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 3.6● Present 7.1▶ Future 6.2

The grade of Tidewater, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past3.630% of the headline
● Present7.140% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-03-18.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2017-07-18); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2017-05-18); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2017-04-20); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-03-18) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+18.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 3 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $407 million in fiscal 2018 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 18.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 24% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 3 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span18.7%top 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 13% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak23.7%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.5% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Tidewater, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 43%: owes 43¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Tidewater, Inc. earned about 25 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 43 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 18 in its family; net margin 24.7%.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 36% by size; a net margin of 24.7% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 27.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.35Btop 36% of its family
  • net margin24.7%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth27.8%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 44% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kneen, Quintin (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-11-18, 7 years (top 44% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.4 years (bottom 31%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.4 yearsbottom 31% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.0 yearstop 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 26% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $579 million against debt of $649 million leaves -2.9% of its assets as net cash, top 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 26.1% of revenue (top 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.9%top 18% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue26.1%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 27.8% a year over the last three filed years against 18.7% over all 8, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew 0.5% (top 50%); capital spending grew 15.7% a year (top 45%) (its annual reports). Tidewater, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Vessel at $1.3 billion (99%), Product and Service Other at $14 million (1%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+9.1 points a yeartop 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.5%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.7%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 46% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tidewater, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 30.3% below the $1.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 16% of its family); net income of $335 million against a prior three-year average of $85 million (top 26%); a net margin of 24.7% against 6.6% before (top 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-30.3%bottom 16% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+292%top 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+18.2 pointstop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton TDW · research, not advice