Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Distribution
Dnow Inc. DNOW
$15.76 +3.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.88B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.07, down 239.0% year over year.
- The diluted share count rose 71.7% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.08B, up 69.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 41.3% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 20%
- Gross marginBottom 21%
- Operating marginBottom 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 17%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 44%
- 6-month returnTop 21%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 41.3% | 69.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -197.3% | -239.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 15.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | -2.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.7% | 3.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 69.8% | 41.3% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -239.0% | -197.3% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 22.9% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Operating margin | -2.8% | 5.2% | ↓ | Bottom 18% |
| Net margin | -4.6% | 3.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.3% | 8.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -3.5% | — | Bottom 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.7% | — | Top 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +32.2 pp
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.95%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.95%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +71.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +19.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -11.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.00
- Target vs current price
- +20.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +27.7% | +8.2% | +18.4% | +11.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -80.0% | -3.3% | -2.7% | +0.0% | +5.5% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | +0.0% | -19.1% | -27.5% | -27.9% | -19.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +8.3% | -0.3% | -11.6% | -2.9% | +6.6% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +22.7% | -7.5% | -2.8% | +2.0% | -3.2% |
| May 7, 2025 | +15.8% | -8.5% | -2.9% | -9.7% | -8.0% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +78.6% | +20.1% | +23.8% | +2.3% | +3.3% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +10.5% | -0.1% | +8.1% | +8.1% | +7.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.09 | +27.7% | $1.31B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.05 | -80.0% | $1.18B |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.15 | +0.0% | $959.0M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.24 | +8.3% | $634.0M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.22 | +22.7% | $628.0M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.19 | +15.8% | $599.0M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.14 | +78.6% | $571.0M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.21 | $0.19 | +10.5% | $606.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 45.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 0.83× | — | — | Top 17% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.73% | — | — | Top 34% |
| Earnings yield | -6.79% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.2× – 191.6× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -239.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +127.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 46
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +13.7%
- RSI (14)
- 51.2
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 17th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -40.4% | 111 days | 200 days (Jun 6, 2022) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | -39.4% | 74 days | 193 days (Mar 7, 2024) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Mar 17, 2026 | -36.8% | 270 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Sep 23, 2022 | -29.4% | 20 days | 76 days (Jan 12, 2023) |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | -25.3% | 11 days | 44 days (Aug 25, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.88B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.08B
- 52-week range
- $10.94 – $17.26
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.63B | $2.14B | $2.32B | $2.37B | $2.82B |
| Gross profit | $357.0M | $506.0M | $535.0M | $535.0M | $478.0M |
| Operating income | $9.0M | $131.0M | $140.0M | $113.0M | -$17.0M |
| Net income | $5.0M | $128.0M | $247.0M | $81.0M | -$89.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | $1.13 | $2.24 | $0.75 | -$0.75 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $606.0M | $571.0M | $599.0M | $628.0M | $634.0M | $959.0M | $1.18B | $1.31B |
| Net income | $13.0M | $23.0M | $22.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | -$147.0M | -$44.0M | -$21.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.12 | $0.21 | $0.20 | $0.24 | $0.23 | -$0.95 | -$0.24 | -$0.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $30.0M | $0 | $188.0M | $298.0M | $155.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.0M | -$9.0M | -$17.0M | -$9.0M | -$21.0M |
| Free cash flow | $25.0M | -$9.0M | $171.0M | $289.0M | $134.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$7.0M | -$50.0M | -$23.0M | -$37.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $114.0M
- Total assets
- $3.82B
- Total liabilities
- $1.72B
- Total debt
- $631.0M
- Net debt
- $517.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.10B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 9,542,218
- Days to cover
- 4.17
- Change vs previous report
- -2.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.