Oil States International Inc.
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PRODUCTION_VERIFIED schema v3.0.0 Inferred last heartbeat: 2026-07-21T03:55:56.176487+00:00

Business Model Classification Tokens

contract_cycle_length
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enterprise_sales_motion
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procurement_complexity
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
vendor_lock_coefficient
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
consumption_unit_definition
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
usage_billing_granularity
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
overage_penalty_structure
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
minimum_commitment_floor
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
metered_margin_profile
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_discount_depth
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
cross_sell_attach_rate
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_churn_vs_single_churn
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bundle_margin_blended
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
upsell_pathway_architecture
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run

Business Model Archetype Classification

University of St. Gallen — 55 Business Model Navigator (Gassmann et al.)

SG-049 Subscription VALUE High
Direct: monetization_vector contains [Product sales of wellhead equipment and subsea connectors plus field service fees; aftermarket parts and repair services provide modest recurring revenue stream]; revenue_model_type=Predominantly transactional (~70-75%); some multi-year service contracts (~25-30%); revenue tied to drilling activity cycles rather than recurring subscriptions
SG-006
Cash Machine
VALUE High
SG-036
Product to Capability
WHAT High

Hybrid Combination

Subscription (SG-049) VALUE provides the core structure, combined with Cash Machine (SG-006) + Product to Capability (SG-036) to form the complete business model fingerprint.

55 Archetypes Evaluated High: 3 Medium: 15 Registry: schemas/sg55_archetype_registry.yaml

Knowledge Graph — All Sections

debt_leverage_profile
0.10x Total Debt / Equity (Conservative)
High
SEC-XBRL
interest_rate_sensitivity
A 200bps rate rise increases annual interest expense ~$10-15M given ~$500M net debt; meaningful but manageable given EBITDA margins near 15-18%
Inferred
Agent_Inference
geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Strait of Hormuz (Middle East oilfield operations/materials) and South China Sea (Asia-Pacific subsea equipment supply routes)
Inferred
Agent_Inference
international_expansion_readiness
Significant exposure: Middle East (SAR quasi-pegged but political risk), Australia (AUD volatile ~10-15% swings), UK/North Sea (GBP post-Brexit volatility ~8-12%)
Inferred
Agent_Inference
geographic_footprint
Operations across Middle East, North Sea, Australia, and Gulf of Mexico; currency risk concentrated in AUD, GBP, and various Middle Eastern currencies with USD revenue offsets
Inferred
Agent_Inference
commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Refined Petroleum Products, Uranium, Steel (equipment); geopolitical: OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
No single vendor exceeds 30% of input costs; steel/alloy suppliers are diversified but specialty forgings from limited qualified sources create moderate substitution risk
Inferred
Agent_Inference
business_model_type_primary
Minimal cloud dependency; Oil States is a manufacturer/services company with on-premise industrial systems; 30-day cloud termination would cause limited operational disruption
Inferred
Agent_Inference
business_model_type_secondary
ERP and back-office functions may use cloud providers but core manufacturing and field operations run independently; disruption would be administrative, not operational
Inferred
Agent_Inference
switching_cost_profile
Low API coupling risk; company operates industrial hardware and services with proprietary mechanical interfaces, not software APIs; customer switching involves re-qualification of equipment
Inferred
Agent_Inference
howey_test_risk_index
Fails Howey Test; revenue derived from manufactured products and oilfield services contracts, not investment contracts; negligible securities classification risk
Inferred
Agent_Inference
regulatory_burden_tier
High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Moderate GDPR exposure from European operations (North Sea); CCPA exposure limited as B2B industrial company with minimal consumer personal data collection
Inferred
Agent_Inference
antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; operates in fragmented oilfield equipment/services market with Baker Hughes, Halliburton, SLB as larger competitors; no dominant market position
Inferred
Agent_Inference
regulatory_exposure_profile
High burden; regimes: EPA, FERC, DOE, CFTC, OSHA, SEC; Accelerating emissions mandates and methane rules threaten capex economics.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
Predominantly transactional (~70-75%); some multi-year service contracts (~25-30%); revenue tied to drilling activity cycles rather than recurring subscriptions
Inferred
Agent_Inference
monetization_vector
Product sales of wellhead equipment and subsea connectors plus field service fees; aftermarket parts and repair services provide modest recurring revenue stream
Inferred
Agent_Inference
pricing_architecture
Cost-plus pricing on manufactured goods with oil price correlation; service pricing tied to day-rates; limited pricing power during downturns as customers defer capex aggressively
Inferred
Agent_Inference
pricing_power_rating
Moderate (4/10); pricing follows oil cycle, not company-driven; customers are price-sensitive E&P companies; differentiation through proprietary designs partially protects margins
Inferred
Agent_Inference
target_gross_margin_bracket
-0.2% Gross Margin (Negative equity)
High
SEC-XBRL
churn_vulnerability_index
No free-rider problem; B2B industrial model with formal purchase orders; customer churn risk elevated during oil price downturns when E&P capex cut 20-40%
Inferred
Agent_Inference
headcount_cost_structure
Revenue growth is near-linear to headcount in manufacturing; services segment requires technician scaling proportional to activity; limited operational leverage versus software peers
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Agent_Inference
marginal_cost_of_growth
High marginal cost of growth; doubling revenue requires proportional increases in manufacturing labor, raw materials, and field technicians; EBITDA margin expansion modest at scale
Inferred
Agent_Inference
franchise_compliance_risk
Not applicable; Oil States does not operate a franchise model; direct operations and wholly-owned subsidiaries with standard corporate compliance framework
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, customer acquisition economics deteriorate; E&P customer base is finite (~500 global operators); sales are relationship/engineering-driven with long qualification cycles
Inferred
Agent_Inference
network_effect_present
No meaningful network effects; industrial equipment manufacturer where product value does not increase with user base; installed base creates switching costs but not network effects
Inferred
Agent_Inference
asset_efficiency_ratio
-11.6% Return on Assets (Negative equity)
High
SEC-XBRL
recession_resistance_tier
Tier 4 (highly cyclical); revenue historically declines 30-50% in oil downturns (2015-16, 2020); directly correlated with E&P capex budgets which are first cut in recessions
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_segment_primary
Major international oil companies and large independent E&P operators; top 10 customers likely represent 40-50% of revenue creating meaningful concentration risk
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Agent_Inference
customer_segment_secondary
National oil companies (Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, Petrobras) as secondary segment; geopolitically sensitive, slower payment cycles, but large contract volumes
Inferred
Agent_Inference
characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "19-0000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations", "53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.33 (HIL — ~33% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
3.0% CapEx / Revenue (Low-CapEx Asset-Light)
High
SEC-XBRL
sec_cik
0001121484
High
SEC-EDGAR
ticker
OIS
High
SEC-EDGAR

Business Model Components

Core Space

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Interaction Modes

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Product Matrix

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Live Operational Signals

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Evaluation Gate — Persona Stress Tests

SKILL_BUFFETT_VAL_03PASS2026-07-21no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_LEGAL_SEC_01PASS2026-07-21no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
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SKILL_MACRO_STRAT_01PASS2026-07-21no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_OPS_PARTNER_01PASS2026-07-21no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions

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