Zacks Research Issues Negative Outlook for Cactus Earnings

Cactus, Inc. (NYSE:WHD) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Cactus in a research note issued to investors on Friday, October 24th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.58 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.60. Zacks Research has a “Strong Sell” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Cactus’ current full-year earnings is $3.08 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Cactus’ FY2025 earnings at $2.52 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.62 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.74 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.74 EPS.

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.67 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $273.58 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $280.28 million. Cactus had a return on equity of 17.34% and a net margin of 16.19%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Cactus in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $52.00 price objective (down previously from $53.00) on shares of Cactus in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Cactus from $57.00 to $53.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Cactus from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 30th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Cactus presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $51.67.

Cactus Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of Cactus stock opened at $38.96 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $39.42 and a 200-day moving average of $41.34. The stock has a market cap of $3.11 billion, a PE ratio of 14.70, a PEG ratio of 3.70 and a beta of 1.48. Cactus has a 52-week low of $33.20 and a 52-week high of $70.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 3.48 and a current ratio of 4.85.

Cactus Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 29th were paid a dividend of $0.14 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 29th. This is a positive change from Cactus’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Cactus’s payout ratio is presently 21.13%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP William D. Marsh sold 10,172 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.32, for a total value of $420,307.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 11,088 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $458,156.16. This represents a 47.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 16.84% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cactus in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Cactus by 113.8% in the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 543 shares during the period. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S acquired a new position in shares of Cactus in the first quarter valued at approximately $57,000. Financial Harvest LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cactus in the first quarter valued at approximately $130,000. Finally, CWM LLC increased its stake in shares of Cactus by 131.7% in the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 2,966 shares of the company’s stock valued at $130,000 after buying an additional 1,686 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.11% of the company’s stock.

About Cactus

Cactus, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, sells, and leases pressure control and spoolable pipes in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Middle East, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pressure Control and Spoolable Technologies. The Pressure Control segment designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a range of wellhead and pressure control equipment under the Cactus Wellhead brand name through service centers.