VTOL Stock — Bristow Group Inc

Bristow Group Inc (VTOL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

VTOL is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.29%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.97%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 8.0% over the past 13.7 years, 538.1 points behind SPY at 546.1%.

Bristow Group Inc. provides helicopter and vertical flight services to offshore energy companies and government agencies globally, operating personnel transport, search and rescue, medevac, and aircraft leasing businesses across the United Kingdom, Norway, the United States, Nigeria, and other markets. The company pays a modest quarterly distribution and carries a modest current distribution rate. The company appeals to income-focused investors in the energy services sector.

VTOL performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 8.0% over the past 13.7 years, 538.1 points behind SPY at 546.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 0.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 23.8%.

VTOL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/22/2013

Distribution rate

1.29%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.97%

Last close

$38.64 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,145,366,880

Average volume

304005.0

Dividend

$0.125

Ex-dividend date

08/14/2026

Payment date

08/28/2026

Beta

1.238

Payout ratio

9.7%

P/E ratio

11.14

Forward P/E

7.2015

EPS

$3.47

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.29%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.97%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

VTOL risks and drawbacks

VTOL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 23.8%.

Who may consider VTOL — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (VTOL pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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