At the time of writing, NOV Inc [NOV] stock is trading at $13.31, up 3.58%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The NOV shares have gain 7.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.46%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
NOV Inc [NYSE: NOV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 24, 2025, when RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $22 for it. Previously, Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to In-line on January 15, 2025, and dropped its price target to $18. On January 06, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral. Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $17 on December 19, 2024. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $18 on November 11, 2024. TD Cowen reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on October 28, 2024, and downed its price target to $22. In a note dated September 25, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $20 to $16.
For the past year, the stock price of NOV Inc fluctuated between $10.65 and $20.83. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $19 within the next 12 months. NOV Inc [NYSE: NOV] shares were valued at $13.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 42.75% based on the average NOV price forecast.
Analyzing the NOV fundamentals
According to NOV Inc [NYSE:NOV], the company’s sales were 8.81B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -2.46% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.24% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.37.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that NOV Inc [NYSE:NOV] has a current ratio of 2.65. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.76, while the Cash Ratio is 0.53. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.57, the price to book ratio is 0.78 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.88.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved HARRISON DAVID D, Director, that happened on Nov 20 ’24 when 1784.0 shares were sold., Livingston Scott B. completed a deal on Nov 07 ’24 to sell 29410.0 shares. Meanwhile, President – Energy Equipment Rovig Joseph W sold 73256.0 shares on Nov 07 ’24.
