NYSE: WHD

Cactus (WHD) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$64.24−0.06 (−0.1%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

Cactus stock slipped 1.26 percent after CEO Scott Bender sold 100,000 Class A shares in early September, a move that drew scrutiny even as it came against a backdrop of strong second-quarter 2026 results, with revenue up 64.3 percent and adjusted EPS exceeding consensus estimates.

WHD closes at $64.24, down 0.1%, sitting between its 50-day average of $66.36 and 200-day average of $56.46, reflecting a mixed short-term trend against a firmer longer-term one. The GekkoIndex reads 64, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, up 4.6 over the past five sessions. Price sits 2.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $65.92, a gap Gekko describes as within a tight range.

The next earnings date falls on 4 November 2026, 36 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in their respective windows, though one trailblazer holder is noted. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged an 8% gain over 5 years, rising in 2 of those years. Analyst coverage from 6 firms shows 3 buy and 3 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $69.22, implying 7.8% upside.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.

Cactus price vs fair value

$65.92$64.24Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $64.24200-day averageGekko Fair Value $65.92

Cactus quick facts

Market cap
$4.46B
P/E ratio
54
Forward P/E
48.1
EPS, TTM
$1.19
Revenue, TTM
$1.36B
Profit margin
12%
Dividend yield
0.86%
Beta
1.38
Volume
549,519 avg 796,593
1-year return
+57.4%
Typical daily move
±3.3%
Typical 20-day move
±8.7%
50-day average
$66.36
200-day average
$56.46
Next earnings
Nov 4
Shares outstanding
69.73M
52-week range
$33.20$74.07

Cactus swing-trade checklist

Cactus scores 2 supportive, 3 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

2 supportive3 mixed0 headwinds

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $64.24 sits between the 50-day ($66.36) and 200-day ($56.46) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    64, Accumulation

    Reading 64 is in the Accumulation zone.

    See the GekkoIndex
  • Fair valuemixed

    2.5% below

    Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2.5% below).

    See fair value
  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 36 days

    Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitymixed

    +8.0% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +8% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

    See seasonality

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Cactus stock chart and price history

Cactus closed at $64.24 on Sep 28, 2026, +57.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $33.20 to $74.07.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Cactus share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$40$50$60$70NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep64.24

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−6.3%
3 months
+29.5%
6 months
+32.8%
1 year
+57.4%
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About Cactus

Cactus builds and supplies gear that keeps pressure under control at oil and gas wells, covering everything from manufacturing to shipping and rental. Buyers know the company for branded wellhead lines such as SafeDrill, SafeLink, SafeClamp and SafeInject, along with hardware like frac stacks, zipper manifolds and production trees. Its equipment is put to use on onshore unconventional wells at the drilling stage, the completion stage and later during production.

On top of selling and renting hardware, Cactus sends technical crews around the clock to help customers install, service, fix and safely run wellhead and pressure control gear, and it also refurbishes and rebuilds used equipment. The business reaches customers in the United States, Australia, China and Saudi Arabia, and it backs this reach with 15 service locations across the U.S. and three more in the eastern part of Australia.

The company traces back to a 2011 founding and runs its main office out of Houston, Texas. Shares of Cactus trade as Class A common stock, listed on the NYSE under the ticker WHD.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Industrial services
Industry
Oilfield services/Equipment
Website
cactuswhd.com

Cactus GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Cactus’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64, in the Accumulation zone, up 4.6 points over five sessions.

010064Accumulation

Up 4.6 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying33+0.3%+2.6%+2.1%+1.8%
Accumulation (current zone)165+0.8%+1.9%+3.4%+7.4%
Neutral422+0.6%+0.7%+1.8%+3.7%
Distribution51−0.5%+0.8%+1.7%+4.2%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average WHD share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Cactus stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Cactus trades 2.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $65.92, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Cactus shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$65.92

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026

2.5% below fair value · About fair value

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Cactus insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Cactus, 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.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for WHD in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in WHD were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Cactus has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$128K
As a share of market cap
0.00%
Trailing four quarters
$8.24M

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds WHD.

1added0opened0trimmed0sold out
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Cactus earnings: next date and track record

Cactus reports on Nov 4, 2026 (36 days away).

Cactus stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Cactus is $69.22, +7.8% from the last close, from 6 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$69.22consensus 12-month target, +7.8% from the last close
Low $57High $75
Buy3
Hold3
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 6 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Aug 20CitiHold, downgraded$75+16.7%
Aug 19CitiHold, downgraded$75+16.7%
Aug 4J.P. MorganHold, maintained$64−0.4%
Aug 3BarclaysBuy, maintained$74+15.2%
Jul 31Stifel NicolausBuy, reiterated$72+12.1%
+3.4%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+8.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.3%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.

Cactus seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Cactus averaged +8.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+18.4%2021+28.8%2022−6.3%2023−3.5%2024−0.8%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+2.7%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+4.0%4 of 5
Next 15 trading days+7.5%4 of 5
Next 20 trading days+8.0%2 of 5
Next 30 trading days+12.6%4 of 5

For scale, WHD’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.7%.

Cactus market cap and key statistics

Cactus’s market cap is $4.46B, with a P/E ratio of 54 and revenue of $1.36B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$4.46B
P/E ratio
54
Forward P/E
48.1
EPS, TTM
$1.19
Gekko Fair Value
$65.92

Trading

Volume
549,519
Avg volume, 20 days
796,593
52-week high
$74.07
52-week low
$33.20
Shares outstanding
69.73M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.36B
Profit margin
12%
Return on equity
13.1%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+18.9%

Risk and income

Beta
1.38
Typical daily move
±3.3%
Typical 20-day move
±8.7%
Dividend yield
0.86%

Cactus stock news this week

1 headline about Cactus from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.

Cactus peers

Cactus’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
FTITechnipFMC−2.0%Accumulation4.7% above
HALHalliburton−1.6%Accumulation30.4% below
NOVNOV−2.3%Accumulation29.3% below
WFRDWeatherford International−3.5%Accumulation41.6% below
AROCArchrock−1.0%Accumulation5.7% below
KGSKodiak Gas Services−1.7%Accumulation6.5% below

A peer links to its own page where one exists.

In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Cactus stock FAQ

What is Cactus’s market cap?

Cactus’s market cap is $4.46B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $64.24, with 69.73M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 54.

What is the Cactus stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Cactus is $69.22, +7.8% from the last close. Of the 6 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Cactus stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Cactus is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $64.24 is 2.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $65.92. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Cactus report earnings next?

Cactus is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.77 per share on revenue of $439.0M.

What is Cactus’s 52-week high and low?

Cactus’s 52-week high is $74.07 and its 52-week low is $33.20; it closed at $64.24 on Sep 28, 2026, +57.4% over the past year.

Is Cactus stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and earnings risk), 3 as mixed (trend, fair value and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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