Cactus (WHD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cactus, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, sells, and leases pressure control and spoolable pipes in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pressure Control and Spoolable Technologies. The Pressure Control segment designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a range of wellhead and pressure control equipment under the Cactus Wellhead brand name through service centers. Its products are sold and rented primarily for onshore unconventional oil and gas wells for drilling, completion, and production phases of the wells. This segment also provides field services to install, maintain, and handle the equipment. The Spoolable Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and sells spoolable pipes and associated end fittings under the FlexSteel brand name. Its products are primarily used to transport oil, gas, and other liquids. This segment also provides field services and rental items through service centers and pipe yards, as well as offers equipment and services internationally. In addition, the company offers repair and refurbishment services. Cactus, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $54.78 to $56.97
• 50-Day Range: $48.81 to $62.65
• 52-Week Range: $33.20 to $64.30
• Volume: 770,490 shs
• Average Volume: 697,685 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 51.89
• Dividend Yield: 1.02%
• Price Target: $63.60
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Cactus Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cactus scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 74th out of 252 stocks in the energy 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: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Cactus has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Cactus has a consensus price target of $63.60, representing about 15.6% upside from its current price of $55.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cactus has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 22.60%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cactus are expected to grow by 22.60% in the coming year, from $2.92 to $3.58 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cactus is 51.89, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cactus is 51.89, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 19.76.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cactus has a PEG Ratio of 2.08. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cactus has a P/B Ratio of 3.06. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.14% of the float of Cactus has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cactus has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.67.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cactus has recently increased by 1.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Cactus pays a meaningful dividend of 1.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cactus has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cactus is 52.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cactus will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.64% next year. This indicates that Cactus will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.17

News Sentiment

Cactus has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Cactus this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cactus insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,256,704.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

12.91% of the stock of Cactus is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.11% of the stock of Cactus is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Record date for 6/18 Dividend: 6/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/18 Dividend: 6/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/18/2026
• Today: 7/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 7/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US INTEGRTD
• Sub-Industry: Machinery
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WHD
• CIK: 1699136
• Web: cactuswellhead.com
• Phone: (713) 626-8800
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,500
• Year Founded: 2011

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cactus: $63.60
• High Price Target: $73.00
• Low Price Target: $40.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.06
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 51.89
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.84
• P/E Growth: 2.08
• Net Income: $166.01 million
• Net Margins: 6.17%
• Pretax Margin: 20.17%
• Return on Equity: 15.43%
• Return on Assets: 10.74%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 2.61
• Quick Ratio: 1.71

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.08 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.09
• Cash Flow: $3.51 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.68
• Book Value: $17.95 per share
• Price / Book: 3.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 80,180,000
• Free Float: 69,826,000
• Market Cap: $4.41 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.38