CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD)
Energy · oilfield services and equipment · NYSE
Cactus provides critical wellhead and pressure control equipment and field services to the onshore oil and gas industry.
What CACTUS INC CLASS A does
Cactus, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a variety of engineered wellhead and pressure control equipment. Its products are primarily used in onshore oil and gas drilling and production activities. The company also provides field services to support the installation and maintenance of its equipment.
Themes: oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), energy infrastructure, oilfield services
Fundamentals
- Price$69.43 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$5.8B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+76.1% 2025-08-21 close $39.42 → 2026-08-21 close $69.43
- P/E70.92 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+6.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+33.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+6.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.01 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+21.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+16.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.42 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.0%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How WHD compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 138 covered Energy peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 98 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
WHD is in the Energy Long-term Top 10.
Energy Long-term Top 10 — since 18 Aug 2026
Long-term score
66.4 #76 of 987 scored · #6 of 64 in Energy
Financial health 87th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 23.8%) and growth 86th (3-year revenue CAGR 16.2%, revenue growth year over year 21.8%); weakest is valuation (28th, price to earnings 70.9, price to book 3).
Short-term score
58.9 #274 of 1,704 scored · #19 of 86 in Energy
Trend 83rd: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control; momentum 59th: its RSI momentum gauge is in neutral territory; weakest is setup 31st: day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 91% of the past ~6 months).
In this list since 18 Aug 2026 — currently 6th in the list (3 days)
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 7, score 63.6.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, WHD's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 23%, operating-cash-flow payout 14%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout23% dividends / net income
- Operating-cash-flow payout14% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CACTUS INC CLASS A looks technically
CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) is trading 30.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 163 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 42, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 30.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +30.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $59.08 | $59.08 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $53.09 | $53.09 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 50 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 50 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 163 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 163 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 30.8% above | +30.8% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 42, with buyers in control | 42.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 59.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading around the middle of its 14-day range ($63.99 to $74.07) — its "stochastic" reading is 54 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 54.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $74.07 | $74.07 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 6.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -6.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 109.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +109.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 6.3% below its highest point of the past year | 6.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $74.07 (set on 2026-08-19) | $74.07 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($33.40 to $73.73), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 11% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $47.52 to $48.81. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 10.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 6.3% below its all-time high | -6.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.8% below a resistance level at $70.00 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-11-12, most recently on 2024-11-25. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $8.16 (set on 2020-03-19) | $8.16 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 750.9% above its all-time low | +750.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 91% of the past ~6 months) | 91st percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.31 between its high and its low — about 3.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.31 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $53.60 and $80.32 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $53.60 – $66.96 – $80.32 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.3% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (30.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 7.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.67× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.8% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.8% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 8.1% above the previous close 16 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 52.32 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +8.1% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap up opened on 2026-07-14 has been "filled" 28 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 28 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 23.5 percentage points (the stock gained 25.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | +23.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 8.7 percentage points (the stock gained 11.8% while the market gained 3.1%) | +8.7% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 7.7 percentage points (the stock gained 18.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | +7.7% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 55.6 percentage points (the stock gained 76.1% while the market gained 20.5%) | +55.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 23% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.6% of the share price. | +23.1% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 25% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $55.38 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +25.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $67.64 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 18 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
WHD last closed at $69.43 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $70.00 | Resistance | 0.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-12 to 2024-11-25 |
| $64.24 | Support | 7.5% below the last close | turned there five times · 2024-09-23 to 2026-05-26 |
| $61.62 | Support | 11.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-01-06 to 2025-02-20 |
| $58.29 | Support | 16.0% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-01-10 to 2026-04-27 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · beating the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 9 analysts
- Mean price target$66.67 range $57.00 – $75.00; median $67.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for WHD
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.7454 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-18
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["volatility in global oil and natural gas prices","dependence on the level of activity in the oil and gas industry","risks associated with international operations and supply chains"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of WHD's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
Risk Factors
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AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 10 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 10 sells ($30M) — 6 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 10 sells ($30M) — 6 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 12 sells ($31M) — 8 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-07. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about WHD's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding WHD as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 15,858,536
- Reported value $751,218,861
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 1 new, 3 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
WHD had 3,252,173 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for WHD because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,252,173
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,586,247
- Reported change -9.32%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.94
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- SLB (SLB)
- Baker Hughes (BKR)
- Halliburton (HAL)
- TechnipFMC (FTI)
- Dril-Quip (DRQ)
- Forum Energy Technologies (FET)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) do?
Cactus, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a variety of engineered wellhead and pressure control equipment. Its products are primarily used in onshore oil and gas drilling and production activities. The company also provides field services to support the installation and maintenance of its equipment.
What sector is CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) in?
CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is oilfield services and equipment. It trades on NYSE.
Does WHD pay a dividend?
Yes — CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.03% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CACTUS INC CLASS A's (WHD) competitors?
Notable peers of CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) include SLB, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, TechnipFMC and Dril-Quip. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) overbought or oversold right now?
CACTUS INC CLASS A (WHD) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on WHD come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.