Brokers Offer Predictions for Cactus’ Q4 Earnings (NYSE:WHD)

Cactus, Inc. (NYSE:WHD) – Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q4 2026 earnings estimates for Cactus in a report released on Tuesday, January 27th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.67 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.66. Zacks Research has a “Hold” 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’ Q1 2027 earnings at $0.78 EPS and Q4 2027 earnings at $0.84 EPS.

Cactus (NYSE:WHD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.09. Cactus had a net margin of 15.86% and a return on equity of 16.02%. The business had revenue of $263.95 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $253.89 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.74 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.0% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on WHD. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Cactus from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Cactus in a report on Monday, December 29th. Barclays lifted their price target on Cactus from $51.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Bank of America raised shares of Cactus from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $39.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded shares of Cactus from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $45.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.20.

Cactus Stock Performance

Shares of WHD opened at $55.90 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.74, a current ratio of 5.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The stock has a market cap of $4.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.27, a P/E/G ratio of 5.60 and a beta of 1.26. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $48.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $43.29. Cactus has a 52 week low of $33.20 and a 52 week high of $62.47.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Cactus

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA increased its holdings in Cactus by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 11,487 shares of the company’s stock worth $525,000 after buying an additional 1,215 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its holdings in shares of Cactus by 81.8% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 380,513 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,382,000 after acquiring an additional 171,223 shares during the last quarter. Paradice Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Cactus by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Paradice Investment Management LLC now owns 675,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,877,000 after acquiring an additional 93,714 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG raised its holdings in shares of Cactus by 39.5% during the fourth quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 30,864 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,410,000 after purchasing an additional 8,743 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Evergreen Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Cactus during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $215,000. 85.11% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Cactus News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Cactus this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Yahoo Finance reports Cactus is showing improving trends (“green shoots”) since October, a narrative that supports investor optimism about a recovery in revenue or margins. Cactus Seeing Green Shoots Since October
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research nudged up several forward-quarter EPS estimates (small raises to Q4 2026, Q1 2027 and Q4 2027 estimates), which signals improving analyst expectations for later quarters and helps justify higher valuations in the near term.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks left the consensus full‑year earnings view around $3.08 per share — indicating that while some quarters moved, the market’s baseline FY outlook hasn’t materially shifted.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks downgraded Cactus from a “Strong‑Buy” to a “Hold,” reducing the buy-side endorsement that had supported the stock; that rating change is a negative signal for momentum investors. Zacks.com
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks cut near-term estimates — lowering Q1 2026, Q2 2026 and FY2026 EPS — which highlights near-term headwinds (weaker quarter-to-quarter demand or margin pressure) that could pressure results if the company doesn’t show sustained improvement.

Cactus Company Profile

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. Its products are sold and rented primarily for onshore unconventional oil and gas wells for drilling, completion, and production phases of the wells.