July 25, 2024
Jose Bayardo
Chief Financial Officer
NOV Inc.
10353 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77042-4103
Re: NOV Inc.
Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2023
File No. 001-12317
Dear Jose Bayardo:
We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements
and related
disclosures and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional
comments.
Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2023
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Executive Summary, page 36
1. When providing a discussion and analysis of a non-GAAP measure, please
ensure such
disclosure is accompanied by a similar discussion and analysis of the
corresponding
GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence. For example, you disclose
the decrease
in segment Adjusted EBITDA YoY and Q4 over Q3 fiscal 2023 without
providing similar
information for the corresponding GAAP measure. In addition, you
disclose total adjusted
EBITDA for Q3 fiscal 2023 and Q4 fiscal 2022 without providing similar
GAAP
information for net income. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation
S-K and Question
102.10(a) of the non-GAAP C&DIs.
2. We note that you include various measures for the most recent quarter,
including new
orders booked, book to bill ratio, and orders shipped on an individual
segment basis. In
order to provide context to your current measure, please revise to
include comparative
information for the periods presented in the filing. Refer to SEC
Release No. 33-10751.
July 25, 2024
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Results of Operations, page 37
3. Please revise to explain in sufficient detail the reasons driving
changes in your financial
statement line items on a consolidated and segment basis. When you
discuss revenue
fluctuations, specifically describe the extent to which changes are
attributable to changes
in prices, changes in the volume or amount of goods or services being
sold, or to the
introduction of new products or services. Where you describe two or more
business
reasons that contributed to a material change in a financial statement
line item between
periods, please quantify, where possible, the extent to which each
factor contributed to the
overall change in that line item, including any off-setting factors.
Also, revise to include a
separate discussion of the company's consolidated results based on the
line items in your
consolidated statements of income. Refer to Item 303(a) and (b) of
Regulation S-K and
SEC Release No. 33-8350.
Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Remaining Performance Obligations, page 64
4. You disclose that the company expects to recognize as revenue over the
next 12 months
approximately $1.5 billion of the unsatisfied or partially satisfied
performance obligations
with the remainder being recognized thereafter. Please revise to
disclose when the
remaining $3 billion will be recognized on a quantitative basis using
time bands that
would be most appropriate for the duration of the remaining performance
obligations or
by providing qualitative information. Refer to ASC 606-10-50-13.
In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.
Please contact Megan Akst at 202-551-3407 or Christine Dietz at
202-551-3408 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of
Technology