Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Distribution
DXP Enterprises, Inc. DXPE
$195.80 +0.94% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.01B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 34.6× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 3.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 206 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 29%
- Gross marginTop 42%
- Operating marginTop 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Interest coverBottom 45%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 22%
- 6-month returnTop 15%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 36%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 10.5% | 11.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 10.8% | 8.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 31.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 8.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | 5.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.5% | 10.5% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.0% | 10.8% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 31.4% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 8.6% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.5% | 2.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | — | Top 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 10.8% | — | Top 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.45×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.01×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.57%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.57%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.3%
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
- +0.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -6.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $220.00
- Target vs current price
- +12.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 14%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +10.7% | -1.5% | +14.0% | +7.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -8.7% | -17.3% | -19.4% | -11.1% | -10.1% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +6.9% | -3.4% | -11.9% | -11.8% | -8.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -7.6% | -17.7% | -18.0% | -19.6% | +12.9% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +2.9% | -1.5% | +7.1% | +5.3% | +7.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | +5.9% | -2.9% | -1.7% | -12.8% | +20.3% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | +55.1% | -5.8% | +2.9% | +2.0% | -0.7% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +33.7% | +1.1% | +41.2% | +46.3% | +101.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $1.76 | $1.59 | +10.7% | $576.5M |
| May 7, 2026 | $1.26 | $1.38 | -8.7% | $521.7M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $1.39 | $1.30 | +6.9% | $527.4M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.34 | $1.45 | -7.6% | $513.7M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $1.43 | $1.39 | +2.9% | $498.7M |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.19 | +5.9% | $476.6M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $1.38 | $0.89 | +55.1% | $470.9M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $1.27 | $0.95 | +33.7% | $472.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 34.6× | 17.9× | 90th | Top 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 30.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.5× | — | — | Top 49% |
| EV / Sales | 1.72× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.95% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 2.89% | — | — | Top 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.5× – 40.1× since Sep 30, 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
- +53.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +8.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +76.0%
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
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 206
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +6.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +25.8%
- RSI (14)
- 60.1
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 51.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 78th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.47
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2021 | May 9, 2022 | -38.0% | 125 days | 274 days (Jun 12, 2023) |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | -33.0% | 33 days | 42 days (Jan 21, 2026) |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -32.9% | 52 days | 74 days (Jul 25, 2025) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Nov 29, 2023 | -26.2% | 92 days | 67 days (Mar 7, 2024) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | -22.8% | 60 days | 86 days (Nov 5, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.01B
- P/E (TTM)
- 34.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.66
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.14B
- 52-week range
- $84.04 – $208.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.11B | $1.48B | $1.68B | $1.80B | $2.02B |
| Gross profit | $328.5M | $422.0M | $505.3M | $556.3M | $635.9M |
| Operating income | $39.9M | $97.8M | $138.7M | $145.4M | $176.9M |
| Net income | $16.5M | $48.2M | $68.8M | $70.5M | $88.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.83 | $2.47 | $3.89 | $4.22 | $5.36 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $472.9M | $470.9M | $476.6M | $498.7M | $513.7M | $527.4M | $521.7M | $576.5M |
| Net income | $21.1M | $21.4M | $20.6M | $23.6M | $21.6M | $22.8M | $20.0M | $28.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.27 | $1.29 | $1.25 | $1.43 | $1.30 | $1.38 | $1.22 | $1.76 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $37.1M | $5.9M | $106.2M | $102.2M | $94.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.0M | -$4.9M | -$12.3M | -$25.1M | -$40.3M |
| Free cash flow | $31.1M | $978,000 | $94.0M | $77.1M | $54.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$33.5M | -$47.9M | -$56.2M | -$29.0M | -$17.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $226.6M
- Total assets
- $1.77B
- Total liabilities
- $1.23B
- Total debt
- $899.0M
- Net debt
- $672.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $540.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 343,042
- Days to cover
- 3.40
- Change vs previous report
- -2.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 1, 2008
- 2-for-1
- Jul 20, 1998
- 1-for-2
- May 16, 1997
- 1-for-2