Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for DNOW in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeDNOW shares fell 3.3% to $15.36 on 7 October, extending a one-month decline, and a comparison piece this week set the company alongside Global Industrial (GIC) on earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst views and valuation. No new operational or regulatory development was cited beyond these.
DNOW closes at $15.18, down 2.5%, sitting between its 50-day average of $15.77 and 200-day average of $13.92, a trend picture that is mixed. The GekkoIndex reads 62.9, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 10.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.95. Three-month and six-month returns stand at 15.7% and 22.6%, against a one-month return of -3%.
DNOW next reports earnings on 4 November, 23 days away, which falls inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; its last reaction to results was -0.8%, against an average absolute move of 7.5% across prior reports. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in their respective 90-day and 30-day windows. One billionaire holder and one trailblazer holder are recorded. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 3.5% move over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Analyst consensus across 4 firms shows 2 buy and 2 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $18.75.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
DNOW price vs fair value
Close $15.18200-day averageGekko Fair Value $16.95
DNOW quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.77B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 29.8
- EPS, TTM
- −$1.54
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.08B
- Profit margin
- -4.6%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.89
- Volume
- 1.61M avg 2.15M
- 1-year return
- +3.3%
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.6%
- 50-day average
- $15.77
- 200-day average
- $13.92
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 180.8M
DNOW swing-trade checklist
DNOW scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $15.18 sits between the 50-day ($15.77) and 200-day ($13.92) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
62.9, Accumulation
Reading 62.9 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
10.4% below
Price is 10.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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DNOW stock chart and price history
DNOW closed at $15.18 on Oct 12, 2026, +3.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $10.94 to $17.26.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −3.0%
- 3 months
- +15.7%
- 6 months
- +22.6%
- 1 year
- +3.3%
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About DNOW
DNOW supplies industrial and energy-related products used across refining, chemical processing, liquefied natural gas terminals, power generation and general manufacturing. It sells under the DistributionNOW and DNOW brand names, offering items such as pipes, valves, fittings, flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical parts, instrumentation, pumping and artificial lift equipment, measurement and control devices, mill supplies, tools, safety gear, coatings and other expendable goods. It also supplies machinery including pumps, generator sets, compressors, dryers, blowers and mixers, along with modular tank battery systems for oil and gas sites.
Beyond physical products, DNOW provides supply chain and materials management work, covering procurement, inventory planning, warehousing, logistics, project coordination and performance reporting. It operates through roughly 180 locations and works with customers spanning the upstream, midstream and downstream energy segments, including drilling and well-servicing firms, oil and gas producers, midstream operators, refineries, petrochemical plants, utilities, and other industrial manufacturers.
DNOW is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and traces its origins back to 1862. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker DNOW.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Website
- dnow.com
DNOW GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
DNOW’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 62.9, in the Accumulation zone, up 4.8 points over five sessions.
62.9Accumulation
Up 4.8 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 26 | +3.0% | +6.5% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 212 | +2.1% | +5.9% | ||
| Neutral | 382 | −0.3% | +0.1% | ||
| Distribution | 56 | −1.3% | −1.9% | ||
| Selling | 6 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average DNOW share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is DNOW stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
DNOW trades 10.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.95, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what DNOW shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$16.95
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
10.4% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 7.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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DNOW insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for DNOW, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in DNOW were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
DNOW has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $25.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.90%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold DNOW.
1added0opened1trimmed0sold out
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DNOW earnings: next date and track record
DNOW reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.15
- Revenue estimate
- $1.35B
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±7.5%average move across the report
2 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Feb 12, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- DNOW completed its merger with MRC Global on November 6, with both companies now operating as one entity. The combined company brings together complementary strengths across upstream, midstream, gas utilities, and downstream industrial sectors. Legacy DNOW achieved record full-year EBITDA of $199 million in 2025, marking the best four-year performance since becoming public 12 years ago.
- Guidance
- No specific forward-looking financial guidance or targets were provided in this transcript excerpt, which primarily covered introductory remarks and merger completion details.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | $0.15 est $0.16 | $959.0M est $969.5M | −0.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.26 est $0.23 | $634.0M est $969.5M | −6.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.22 | $628.0M est $625.5M | −2.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.22 est $0.19 | $599.0M est $608.0M | −9.3% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.25 est $0.13 | $571.0M est $572.0M | +21.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.21 est $0.21 | $606.0M est $562.8M | +3.6% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | $0.25 est $0.24 | $633.0M est $632.5M | −8.8% |
| May 10, 2024 | $0.21 est $0.23 | $563.0M est $569.2M | −7.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
DNOW stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for DNOW is $18.75, +23.5% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$18.75consensus 12-month target, +23.5% from the last close
Now $15.18Avg $18.75
Low $18High $19
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | Freedom Capital Markets | $18 | +18.6% |
| Sep 10 | Stifel Nicolaus | $18 | +18.6% |
| Aug 28 | Stifel Nicolaus | $19 | +25.2% |
| Aug 10 | D.A. Davidson | $19 | +25.2% |
| Aug 7 | Stifel Nicolaus | $19 | +25.2% |
+5.9%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+3.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
DNOW seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, DNOW averaged +3.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +4.2% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, DNOW’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.6%.
DNOW market cap and key statistics
DNOW’s market cap is $2.77B and revenue of $4.08B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.77B
- Forward P/E
- 29.8
- EPS, TTM
- −$1.54
- Gekko Fair Value
- $16.95
Trading
- Volume
- 1.61M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 2.15M
- 52-week high
- $17.26
- 52-week low
- $10.94
- Shares outstanding
- 180.8M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.08B
- Profit margin
- -4.6%
- Return on equity
- -11.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +90.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.89
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.6%
DNOW stock news this week
2 headlines about DNOW from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Dnow Inc (DNOW) Stock Down 3.3% -- Now Undervalued? GF Score: 82/100GuruFocus, Oct 7
- Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) & DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) Critical ComparisonDefense World, Oct 5
DNOW peers
DNOW’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GWWW.W. Grainger | Neutral | 22.6% above |
| FASTFastenal | Neutral | 29.5% above |
| FERGFerguson Enterprises | Accumulation | 4.7% below |
| GPCGenuine Parts | Neutral | 7.1% above |
| WCCWESCO International | Neutral | 16.9% above |
| AITApplied Industrial Technologies | Neutral | 2.7% above |
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DNOW stock FAQ
What is DNOW’s market cap?
DNOW’s market cap is $2.77B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $15.18, with 180.8M shares outstanding.
What is the DNOW stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for DNOW is $18.75, +23.5% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is DNOW stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate DNOW is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $15.18 is 10.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $16.95. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does DNOW report earnings next?
DNOW is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.15 per share on revenue of $1.35B. DNOW beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 7.5% on average across the report.
What is DNOW’s 52-week high and low?
DNOW’s 52-week high is $17.26 and its 52-week low is $10.94; it closed at $15.18 on Oct 12, 2026, +3.3% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $18.45 on Feb 13, 2025.
Is DNOW stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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