The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

DNOW

Concerning the House

DNOW Inc. distributes pipe, valves, fittings, and pumps in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical, instrumentation, artificial lift, and pumping systems, process and production equipment, production measurement technology, maintenance, repair and operating consumables (MRO), and general and specialty products; personal protective equipment; and mill, tools, safety supplies, as well as vapor recovery systems under EcoVapo brand. It also offers original equipment manufacturer equipment, including pumps, generator sets, air compressors, dryers, blowers, mixers, and valves; modular oil and gas wellsite facility solutions; and application systems, work processes, parts integration, optimization solutions, and after-sales support services. In addition, the company provides supply chain and materials management; inventory planning; integrated supply; integrated supply; product quality programs; manufacturer assessments; multiple daily deliveries; volume purchasing; truck stocking; technical support; training; just-in-time delivery; and on-site commissioning; after-market field repair and rental mobile pumping units; inventory and zone store management; order consolidation; product tagging and system interfaces tailored; supplier specifications; engineering of control packages; valve inspection and repair; product expediting, tracking and tracing; documentation services; and pressure testing services. It serves customers in the upstream, midstream, and Gas Utilities sectors, as well as downstream and industrial including crude oil refining, petrochemical and chemical processing, general industrials, pharmaceutical, mining, water/wastewater treatment, data centers, liquefied natural gas, and terminals and renewable natural gas facilities. The company was formerly known as NOW Inc. and changed its name to DNOW Inc. in January 2024. DNOW Inc. was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

United States · www.dnow.com

The Long Run

FY 2014–2025 · 12 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$2.32B+7.3%
Operating income$144.00M-2.2%
Net income$250.00M+26.1%
Cash from ops$155.00M+16.3%
Quotation

$16.31

-0.53 (-3.1%)

52w hi$16.87
52w lo$11.12
Vol1.88M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.03

Short-0.06
Medium-0.02
Long+0.03

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

DNOW Inc.

Industrials · Industrial Distribution

Market cap$2.95B
Enterprise value$3.58B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E19.84x
EV / EBITDA23.74x
P / S (ttm)0.72x
Profit margin-4.6%
Return on equity-11.6%
Revenue growth+108.1%
Earnings growth
Debt / equity30.93
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.97
Corr SPX0.37
Annual vol42.7%
Annual ret+16.0%
Sharpe0.37
Max DD-36.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.21
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$16.62$16.77$16.26$16.311.88M
Aug 12$16.74$16.93$16.58$16.842.65M
Aug 11$16.67$16.85$16.542.55M
Aug 10$16.68$17.20$16.55$16.654.67M
Aug 7$16.00$16.69$15.69$16.524.13M