Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Nine Energy Service, Inc. NINE

$7.56 +1.89% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $105.5M

Inexpensive vs sector

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count fell 65.9% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
  2. The stock is 42% below its highest close of the past year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth—Not enough data

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

Quality6Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 8%
  • Gross marginBottom 14%
  • Operating marginBottom 12%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 5%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 4%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
  • Interest coverBottom 17%
Value94Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 1%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 5%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 4%
Momentum—Not enough data

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 6-month returnTop 50%
Revisions30Weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
Stability43Weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 11%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 37%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Gross margin9.2%—Bottom 14%
Operating margin-3.4%—Bottom 12%
Net margin12.7%——
Free-cash-flow margin-8.1%——
Return on invested capital-6.9%—Bottom 8%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
-0.39×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
29.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
0.75×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-0.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
0.00%
Share count change, 1 year
-65.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
4 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-2.1%
Positive 20 days after report
0 of 2

Analysts

Analysts with a rating
9
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
22%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-536.4%-5.1%-11.6%-11.8%—
May 13, 2026+1084.6%+0.8%+1.8%-3.2%-1.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026-$0.35-$0.06-536.4%$141.8M
May 13, 2026$2.56-$0.26+1084.6%$130.0M
Mar 4, 2026-$0.47-$0.34-38.2%$132.2M
Oct 30, 2025-$0.25-$0.22-13.3%$147.3M
May 7, 2025-$0.18-$0.15-19.6%$150.5M
Mar 5, 2025-$0.22-$0.24+8.3%$141.4M
Oct 31, 2024-$0.25-$0.30+18.1%$138.2M
May 6, 2024-$0.24-$0.32+24.6%$142.1M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)1.2×——Top 1%
P/E (forward)1.7×———
EV / EBITDA1.5×——Top 1%
EV / Sales0.40×——Top 4%
Free-cash-flow yield-41.12%——Bottom 5%
Earnings yield85.98%——Top 1%

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-9.0%
Distance from 50-day average
-26.1%
RSI (14)
28.3
Relative volume
1.29×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
69.7%
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-41.9%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-43.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 30, 2026Oct 1, 2026-43.0%65 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 4, 2026Jun 9, 2026-10.7%3 days6 days (Jun 17, 2026)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$105.5M
P/E (TTM)
1.2
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$6.50
Revenue (TTM)
$536.0M
FY 2025
Revenue$561.9M
Gross profit$60.2M
Operating income$416,000
Net income-$51.3M
EPS (diluted)-$1.25
Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$147.3M$132.0M$132.2M$130.0M$141.8M
Net income-$10.4M-$14.6M-$19.2M$106.6M-$4.9M
EPS (diluted)-$0.25-$0.35-$0.44$7.64-$0.35
FY 2025
Operating cash flow-$7.3M
Capital expenditure-$15.9M
Free cash flow-$23.3M
Dividends paid$0
Net share buybacks$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$18.2M
Total assets
$317.7M
Total liabilities
$188.1M
Total debt
$128.9M
Net debt
$110.6M
Shareholders’ equity
$129.6M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jun 30, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
240,510
Days to cover
5.44
Change vs previous report
+6.8%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.