NOW Inc. (NYSE:DNOW) saw a downside of -0.09% to close Friday at $11.21 after subtracting -$0.01 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 798,860 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $11.31 in the past week and touched a new high 3 times within the past 5 days. An average of 718,425 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 710,720.
DNOW’s 1-month performance is 1.72% or $0.10 on its low of $9.87 reached on 08/02/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $8.83 and high of $14.86, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/13/23. YTD, DNOW has lost -11.73% or -$1.49 and has reached a new high 14 times. However, the current price is down -24.56% from the 52-week high price.
Valuation Metrics
DNOW stock has a beta of 1.58. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.52 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.37, with the price to cash flow ratio at 10.32.
NOW Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.30, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.10. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 23.50%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 7.96% while for the period ending June 29, NOW Inc.’s operating margin was 6.50%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $506.0 million against revenue of $2.14 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 23.53% to $34.0 million, while revenue of $31.0 million was 8.82% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected DNOW to announce $0.25 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.25, representing a 0.00% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $42.0 million. DNOW stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 543.0 million, with total debt at $38.0 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $106.72 million.
Let’s look briefly at NOW Inc. (DNOW) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 18 August was 58.21% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 31.73%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $11.01, reflecting a +2.47% or $0.27 change from its current price. DNOW is currently trading +2.09% above its 20-day SMA, +2.66% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +10.66% and SMA200 by-11.94%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 74.14% and 65.64% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.38. The RSI (14) points at 56.26%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 77.01% with the period’s ATR at 0.38. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at 0.25 and 0.26 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for NOW Inc. (NYSE: DNOW), The Benchmark Company launched coverage with a Buy rating. Analysts offering their rating for DNOW stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate DNOW as a “sell,”, while 1 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 2 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is DNOW’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $10.50 and a high of $16.00, with their median price target at $13.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for NOW Inc. (DNOW) stock is $13.17.
