Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for FET in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
This week's news centers on Forum Energy Technologies' international expansion and upcoming earnings. FET appointed Amariko as its Dynacon representative in Japan, expanding support for winch and launch-and-recovery systems and subsea products in that market. The company also confirmed it will hold its third quarter 2026 earnings conference call on 30 October 2026, with coverage noting the prior quarter's results, when FET reported EPS of $1.16 against estimates, on revenue of $226.22 million.
FET closed at $85.72, up 1.3%, sitting above both its 50-day average of $80.95 and 200-day average of $59.70, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 53.2, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Despite the uptrend, price remains 19.4% below the Gekko Fair Value of $106.30.
Earnings are scheduled for 29 October 2026, 16 days out, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report produced a 22.6% reaction, and average absolute moves around results have run 10.6%. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged +5.4% across 5 years, with gains in 3 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current window. The consensus target stands at $91, implying 6.2% upside from current levels.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Forum Energy Technologies 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
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $85.72 is above the 50-day ($80.95) and 200-day ($59.70) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart53.2, Neutral
Reading 53.2 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex19.4% below
Price is 19.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair valueNo data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 17 days
Reports on Oct 29, 2026, 17 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings+5.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.4% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Forum Energy Technologies closed at $85.72 on Oct 12, 2026, +227.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $25.24 to $89.93.
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Forum Energy Technologies builds and sells hardware and support services used in oil and gas work, broader industrial settings, and renewable power projects, selling both domestically and to buyers overseas. It has become known for equipping drilling, well completion, and production operations with specialized machinery and field support.
Its business splits into three parts. One arm, Drilling & Downhole, focuses on gear for drilling, constructing wells, lifting fluids artificially, and subsea infrastructure, with uses reaching into defense and communications alongside energy work. A second arm, Completions, furnishes items such as fracturing pumps, high-pressure hoses, wireline cable, and coiled tubing for finishing and servicing wells. The third, Production, turns out engineered process equipment, separators, and industrial valves for oil and gas producers, power plants, renewable energy sites, and other industrial buyers.
Originally formed in 2005 under the name Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc., the firm took on its current identity in August 2010. Its home base sits in Houston, Texas, and investors can find its stock listed on the NYSE under the ticker FET.
Forum Energy Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 53.2, in the Neutral zone, up 4.7 points over five sessions.
Up 4.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 24 | +3.6% | +1.0% | ||
| Accumulation | 208 | +1.9% | +4.2% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 385 | +1.2% | +6.4% | ||
| Distribution | 63 | −0.5% | +4.5% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average FET share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Forum Energy Technologies trades 19.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $106.30, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Forum Energy Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$106.30
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
19.4% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 28.0% below the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Forum Energy Technologies, 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.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for FET in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in FET were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Forum Energy Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
Forum Energy Technologies reports on Oct 29, 2026 (17 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Oct 29, 2026
17 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.16 est $0.57 | $226.2M est $212.4M | +22.6% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.47 est $0.19 | $208.7M est $201.3M | −9.0% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.41 est $0.36 | $202.2M est $190.5M | +11.1% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.19 | $196.2M est $190.5M | −16.6% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | −$0.10 est $0.15 | $199.8M est $190.4M | +18.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.04 est $0.43 | $193.3M est $196.5M | +2.7% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | −$0.48 est $0.06 | $201.0M est $207.7M | −3.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | −$0.19 est −$0.15 | $207.8M est $201.9M | −0.4% |
“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.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Forum Energy Technologies is $91.00, +6.2% from the last close.
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Forum Energy Technologies averaged +5.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.2% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, FET’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.2%.
Forum Energy Technologies’s market cap is $969.0M and revenue of $833.3M over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Forum Energy Technologies this week reads positive: 6 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
Forum Energy Technologies’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 |
|---|---|---|
| FTITechnipFMC | Accumulation | 4.2% above |
| HALHalliburton | Accumulation | 28.1% below |
| NOVNOV | Accumulation | 30.8% below |
| WFRDWeatherford International | Accumulation | 45.3% below |
| AROCArchrock | Accumulation | 3.7% below |
| KGSKodiak Gas Services | Accumulation | 5.8% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Forum Energy Technologies’s market cap is $969.0M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $85.72, with 11.47M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Forum Energy Technologies is $91.00, +6.2% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Forum Energy Technologies is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $85.72 is 19.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $106.30. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Forum Energy Technologies is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026 (17 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.22 per share on revenue of $233.4M. Forum Energy Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 10.6% on average across the report.
Forum Energy Technologies’s 52-week high is $89.93 and its 52-week low is $25.24; it closed at $85.72 on Oct 12, 2026, +227.2% over the past year.
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