ChampionX (CHX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ChampionX Corporation provides chemistry solutions, artificial lift systems, and engineered equipment and technologies to oil and gas companies worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Production Chemical Technologies, Production & Automation Technologies, Drilling Technologies, and Reservoir Chemical Technologies. The Production Chemical Technologies segment offers onshore, offshore, and oil sands chemical solutions, such as corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, emulsion breakers, and biocides to oil and natural gas production and midstream markets to manage and control corrosion, oil and water separation, flow assurance, sour gas treatment, and water-related issues. The Production & Automation Technologies segment provides artificial lift equipment, end-to-end digital automation solutions, and other production equipment and emissions monitoring solutions, including electrical submersible pumping systems, gas lift systems, jet pumps, multiplex surface pumps, plunger lift equipment, progressive cavity pumping systems, downhole rod lift systems, methane emissions monitoring solutions, chemical injection systems, flow control valves, and gauges under the Harbison-Fischer, Norris, Alberta Oil Tool, Oil Lift Technology, PCS Ferguson, Pro-Rod, Upco, Unbridled ESP, Norriseal-Wellmark, Quartzdyne, Spirit, Theta, Timberline, and Windrock brands. The Drilling Technologies segment offers polycrystalline diamond cutter inserts, bearings, valves, nozzles, and mining tools used in oil and gas drill bits under the US Synthetic brand; and high-density ceramic roof bolt mining tools for underground mining operations. The Reservoir Chemical Technologies segment provides chemistry-oriented solutions and technologies for well drilling, cementing, fracturing, acidizing, and other well interventions, as well as fracturing, drilling, cementing, acidizing additives. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $25.81 to $25.81
• 50-Day Range: $24.12 to $27.38
• 52-Week Range: $21.92 to $34.90
• Volume: 1,273 shs
• Average Volume: 2.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.94 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.09
• Dividend Yield: 1.47%
• Price Target: $40.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

ChampionX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ChampionX scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 60th out of 99 stocks in the construction sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

ChampionX has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ChampionX has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ChampionX is 17.09, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.86.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ChampionX is 17.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Construction sector average P/E ratio of about 15.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

ChampionX has a PEG Ratio of 5.04. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ChampionX has a P/B Ratio of 2.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.39% of the float of ChampionX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ChampionX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ChampionX has recently decreased by 41.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

ChampionX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.47%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ChampionX has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ChampionX is 25.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.39% of the float of ChampionX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ChampionX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ChampionX has recently decreased by 41.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added ChampionX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ChampionX insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.54% of the stock of ChampionX is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.99% of the stock of ChampionX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CHX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CHX shares performed this year?

ChampionX's stock was trading at $27.19 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, CHX stock has decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $25.81.

How were ChampionX's earnings last quarter?

ChampionX Corporation (NASDAQ:CHX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 29th. The company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.09. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Who are ChampionX's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of ChampionX include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.96%), Alpine Associates Management Inc. (0.86%), KRYGER CAPITAL Ltd (0.74%) and Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.42%). Insiders that own company stock include Sivasankaran Somasundaram, Deric D Bryant, Paul E Mahoney, Julia Wright, William Jr O'dell, Antoine Marcos and Stephen M Todd.
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How do I buy shares of ChampionX?

Shares of CHX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of ChampionX own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that ChampionX investors own include Chevron (CVX), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Comcast (CMCSA), McKesson (MCK), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Yum! Brands (YUM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/29/2025
• Record date for 7/25 Dividend: 7/03/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/25 Dividend: 7/03/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/25/2025
• Today: 8/08/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Construction
• Industry: ENGINRG/R&D SVS
• Sub-Industry: Machinery
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CHX
• CIK: 1723089
• Web: www.championx.com
• Phone: (281) 403-5772
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for ChampionX: $40.00
• High Price Target: $40.00
• Low Price Target: $40.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +55.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.09
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.44
• P/E Growth: 5.04
• Net Income: $320.27 million
• Net Margins: 8.20%
• Pretax Margin: 11.40%
• Return on Equity: 19.25%
• Return on Assets: 10.25%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 2.25
• Quick Ratio: 1.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.36
• Cash Flow: $3.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.19
• Book Value: $9.61 per share
• Price / Book: 2.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 191,440,000
• Free Float: 188,489,000
• Market Cap: $4.94 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.49