Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Common Stock Information
Our authorized common stock consists of 200,000,000 shares of common stock. There were 63,903,819 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 10, 2023. The approximate number of record holders of our common stock as of February 10, 2023 was 200. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the ticker symbol "OIS".
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our initial public offering in 2001 and our ABL Facility limits the payment of dividends. For additional discussion of such restrictions, see "Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any future determination as to the declaration and payment of dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on then existing conditions, including our financial condition, results of operations, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors that our Board of Directors considers relevant.
Performance Graph
The following graph and table compare the cumulative five-year total stockholder return on our common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index, the PHLX Oil Service Sector index, an index of oil and gas related companies that represent an industry composite of our peer group, and a customized peer group of thirteen, with the individual companies listed in footnote (2) below. The graph and chart show the value at the dates indicated of $100 invested as of December 31, 2017 and assume the reinvestment of all dividends. The stockholder return set forth below is not necessarily indicative of future performance. The following graph and related information shall not be deemed "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that Oil States specifically incorporates it by reference into such filing.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN (1)
Among Oil States International, Inc., the S&P 500 Index,
the PHLX Oil Service Sector Index and our Peer Group (2)
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2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Oil States International, Inc. $ 100.00 $ 50.46 $ 57.63 $ 17.74 $ 17.56 $ 26.36
Peer Group (2)
$ 100.00 $ 56.97 $ 56.70 $ 32.77 $ 34.41 $ 57.78
PHLX Oil Service Sector $ 100.00 $ 54.78 $ 54.48 $ 31.56 $ 38.10 $ 61.53
S&P 500 $ 100.00 $ 95.62 $ 125.72 $ 148.85 $ 191.58 $ 156.89
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(1) $100 invested on December 31, 2017 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ended December 31.
(2) The thirteen companies included in our customized peer group are: Archrock, Inc., Core Laboratories N.V., Dril-Quip, Inc., Expro Group Holdings N.V., Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Newpark Resources, Inc., NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc., Oceaneering International, Inc., RPC, Inc., Select Energy Services, Inc., and TETRA Technologies, Inc.
Information used in the graph and table was obtained from Research Data Group, Inc., a source believed to be reliable, but we are not responsible for any errors or omissions in such information. Used with permission.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchases
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid per Share (1)
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
October 1 through October 31, 2022
— $ — — $ —
November 1 through November 30, 2022
— — — —
December 1 through December 31, 2022
— — — —
Total — $ — —
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(1) No shares were purchased during the three-month period ended December 31, 2022.
(2) On February 16, 2023, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program of up to $25.0 million, which extends for two years.
Item 6. [Reserved]