Key Takeaways Tightening resource demand, water scarcity, and onshoring trends favor Foraco's specialized drilling and water segments, powering higher margins and recurring revenue growth beyond consensus. Expansion into deeper drilling, ESG-driven contracts, and emerging regions uniquely positions Foraco for premium pricing, robust cash flows, and improved earnings quality.Read more
Key Takeaways Growing demand for metals and successful contract wins are strengthening Foraco's revenue visibility, especially in core markets like the U.S. and Latin America. Investments in proprietary technology and geographic diversification are enhancing operational efficiency, stabilizing margins, and supporting predictable, long-term earnings growth.Read more
Key Takeaways Persistent exposure to project delays, commodity cycles, and client concentration creates continued risks for revenue, margin stability, and sustainable growth. Elevated capital needs, regulatory expenses, and rig mobilization challenges may further strain free cash flow and pressure profitability amidst global expansion.Read more
Foraco International SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides drilling services in North America, South America, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates through two segments: Mining and Water. The company offers exploration, development, and production drilling services to the mining industry for energy transition and gold, as well as for mineral exploitation of precious and base metals, coking coal, iron ore, lithium, and diamonds; underground drilling services; and various geological sampling and testing techniques, including chips and cores, stabilized holes for blasting, logging, boreholes to be used for injection of water or acid, cold water injection, production boreholes, large diameter core, and dual tube rotary bulk samples. It also installs production pumps for dewatering purposes; and provides drift stabilization or water table protection for decommissioning of mineral production facilities. In addition, the company drills wells for drinking, irrigation, and industrial water; undertakes a range of projects, including village water drilling programs, specialized drilling projects to access mineral water using sanitary protection methods for the bottled water industry, and large diameter well fields for residential supply in urban environments; and offers inspection, servicing, and rehabilitation services for existing wells. Further, it supplies drinking water; collects mineral water; controls, maintains, and renovates existing installations and dewatering for mining; and offers drilling services for the environmental and construction industry, such as geological exploration and geotechnical drilling. Foraco International SA was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Marseille, France.
