WEATHERFORD INTL PLC WFRD
ORD SHS · Common Stock · CUSIP G48833118
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryOil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment
- HeadquartersHouston, TX
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($32.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 71.9m as of 2026-04-16, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $94.55. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($46.8m notional), 8 hold puts ($12.3m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 152 |
| Q4 2022 | 215 |
| Q1 2023 | 223 |
| Q2 2023 | 244 |
| Q3 2023 | 313 |
| Q4 2023 | 333 |
| Q1 2024 | 360 |
| Q2 2024 | 405 |
| Q3 2024 | 378 |
| Q4 2024 | 362 |
| Q1 2025 | 346 |
| Q2 2025 | 341 |
| Q3 2025 | 350 |
| Q4 2025 | 399 |
| Q1 2026 | 439 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 240 | 153 |
| Q3 2024 | 184 | 226 |
| Q4 2024 | 165 | 215 |
| Q1 2025 | 193 | 177 |
| Q2 2025 | 201 | 170 |
| Q3 2025 | 190 | 158 |
| Q4 2025 | 195 | 166 |
| Q1 2026 | 241 | 158 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $9.7m | $16.3m | 1.68 |
| Q3 2025 | $17.6m | $30.2m | 1.71 |
| Q4 2025 | $12.7m | $7.5m | 0.59 |
| Q1 2026 | $46.8m | $12.3m | 0.26 |
Biggest buyers
| Sachem Head Capital Management LP | New | +2.5m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +1.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +934.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +758.1k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +692.1k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | Added | +545.9k |
| Canoe Financial LP | New | +529.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +444.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +394.1k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital Research Global Investors | Reduced | -1.8m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -1.4m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -1.2m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -832.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -736.9k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -714.3k |
| Encompass Capital Advisors LLC | Sold out | -599.3k |
| DME Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -597.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Reduced | -552.4k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $13.0m137.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $7.4m78.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $6.8m71.8k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $6.6m70.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.5m68.4k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $6.3m67.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $170.2k1.8k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.2m33.9k shares |
| Dockside LLC | New | $3.1m32.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $3.1m32.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $1.4m14.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.0m11.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $406.7k4.3k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $75.7k800 shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $47.3k500 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-01-08 | 10.0% |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 13G · institution no change · filed 2025-05-14 | 6.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital Research Global Investors (3.2%, 2026-05-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.2m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $639.4k | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $521.6k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $6.2m | $3.3m |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $504.6k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $164.5k | $164.5k |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 4 | $15.8m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | Mills Desmond J SVP & Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $521.0k5.0k shares |
| 2026-02-09 | SLEDGE CHARLES M Director | Sold | $230.7k2.2k shares |
| 2026-02-06 | Saligram Girish President and CEO, director · Spousal Trust | Sold | $5.5m52.1k shares |
| 2026-02-06 | Saligram Girish President and CEO, director · Trust | Sold | $5.1m47.9k shares |
| 2026-02-06 | Weatherholt Scott C EVP, GC & CCO | Sold | $4.0m37.8k shares |
| 2026-02-06 | Mills Desmond J SVP & Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $541.0k5.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.0m $754.4m | Added +934.6k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.0m $378.6m | First filing |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.0m $376.8m | Reduced -1.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.6m $337.4m | Added +361.1k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $305.2m | First filing |
| Sachem Head Capital Management LP 5.75% of their portfolio | 2.5m $238.8m | New |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $233.2m | Added +117.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $219.9m | Added +1.1m |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $213.9m | Reduced -1.8m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.69% of their portfolio | 2.2m $205.1m | Reduced -1.7m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.0m $186.7m | Added +309.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.8m $166.5m | Added +194.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $155.9m | Added +314.4k |
| Capital World Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $142.3m | Added +1.3m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $140.3m | Added +758.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.4m $134.0m | Reduced -123.2k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $128.0m | Added +545.9k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.3m $118.8m | Reduced -714.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.1m $103.7m | Added +41.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.0m $95.8m | Added +129.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 886.7k $83.9m | Reduced -271.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 823.7k $77.9m | Added +37.1k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 810.5k $76.6m | Added +692.1k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 804.6k $76.1m | Reduced -44.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 794.7k $75.2m | Added +106.7k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 725.5k $68.6m | Added +11.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 631.8k $59.8m | Added +23.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 582.4k $55.1m | Added +31.3k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 579.9k $54.8m | Reduced -55.5k |
| Webs Creek Capital Management LP 9.27% of their portfolio | 566.0k $53.5m | Reduced -64.0k |
| Canoe Financial LP 0.68% of their portfolio | 529.2k $50.1m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 479.7k $45.4m | Added +444.7k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.12% of their portfolio | 458.3k $43.3m | Added +93.6k |
| Boston Partners 0.05% of their portfolio | 455.1k $43.1m | Added +28.2k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 445.7k $42.2m | First filing |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 442.1k $41.8m | Reduced -43.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 418.0k $39.5m | Added +394.1k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 393.0k $37.2m | Added +345.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 369.0k $34.9m | Added +353.5k |
| Summit Street Capital Management, LLC 4.75% of their portfolio | 355.3k $33.6m | Unchanged |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 349.7k $33.1m | Reduced -552.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 302.5k $28.6m | Added +105.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 284.5k $26.9m | Added +4.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 283.5k $26.6m | Added +81.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 278.7k $26.4m | Reduced -151.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 271.3k $25.1m | Added +10.5k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 256.0k $24.2m | Added +247.0k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 1.75% of their portfolio | 238.0k $22.6m | Reduced -49.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 219.1k $20.7m | Reduced -103.2k |
| ATLANTIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 11.69% of their portfolio | 212.2k $20.1m | Reduced -17.8k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 211.8k $20.0m | Reduced -54.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.8k $18.6m | Reduced -832.6k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 192.8k $18.2m | Added +49.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 189.4k $17.9m | Added +4.2k |
| Sagefield Capital LP 1.28% of their portfolio | 188.2k $17.8m | Reduced -54.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 175.7k $16.6m | Added +29.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 171.5k $16.2m | Added +20.8k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 170.7k $16.1m | Reduced -65.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.5k $15.5m | Added +1.1k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.2k $15.1m | Added +5.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 149.9k $14.2m | Added +98.9k |
| DME Capital Management, LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 145.7k $13.8m | Reduced -597.9k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 145.6k $13.8m | Added +136.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.9k $13.7m | Added +138.0k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.04% of their portfolio | 143.1k $13.5m | New |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.25% of their portfolio | 142.2k $13.5m | Added +2.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.7k $13.4m | Unchanged |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 140.0k $13.2m | Added +91.1k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 139.9k $13.2m | Added +8.1k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 139.3k $13.1m | Reduced -499.1k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 137.0k $13.0m | Reduced -50.0k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 129.0k $12.2m | Reduced -89.5k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 127.3k $12.0m | Added +34.1k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 118.9k $11.2m | Reduced -19.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.8k $11.2m | Reduced -736.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 109.4k $10.3m | Added +16.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.4k $9.9m | Reduced -10.4k |
| Vest Financial, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 104.2k $9.9m | Added +3.9k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 94.0k $8.9m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 89.3k $8.4m | Reduced -29.4k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 89.1k $8.4m | Added +11.8k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.03% of their portfolio | 87.9k $8.3m | Added +1.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.3k $6.6m | Reduced -1.3k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 83.7k $7.9m | Reduced -20.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 83.6k $7.9m | Added +15.3k |
| Old West Investment Management, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 82.9k $7.8m | Reduced -3.9k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.13% of their portfolio | 80.7k $7.6m | New |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.6k $7.6m | Reduced -176.0k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.03% of their portfolio | 79.3k $7.5m | Added +9.8k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 77.9k $7.4m | Added +73.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.6k $7.3m | Reduced -57.2k |
| Stanley-Laman Group, Ltd. 0.89% of their portfolio | 76.9k $7.3m | Added +1.6k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.8k $7.3m | Added +41.8k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 75.3k $7.1m | Added +14.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.3k $7.0m | Added +50.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.5k $7.0m | Added +22.4k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 70.9k $6.7m | Added +1.7k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.9k $6.6m | Reduced -1.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.3k $6.4m | Added +45.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.0k $6.2m | Reduced -174.3k |