Compare · DNOW vs WHD
DNOW vs WHD
Side-by-side comparison of DNOW Inc. (DNOW) and Cactus Inc. (WHD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both DNOW and WHD operate in Oil and Gas Field Machinery (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- WHD is the larger of the two at $4.91B, about 1.8x DNOW ($2.72B).
- WHD has hit the wire 4 times in the past 4 weeks while DNOW has been quiet.
- WHD has more recent analyst coverage (22 ratings vs 5 for DNOW).
- Company
- DNOW Inc.
- Cactus Inc.
- Price
- $15.68+4.43%
- $61.73+0.81%
- Market cap
- $2.72B
- $4.91B
- 1M return
- -1.75%
- -
- 1Y return
- +11.52%
- -
- Industry
- Oil and Gas Field Machinery
- Oil and Gas Field Machinery
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2014
- 2018
- News (4w)
- 0
- 4
- Recent ratings
- 5
- 22
DNOW Inc.
NOW Inc. distributes downstream energy and industrial products for petroleum refining, chemical processing, LNG terminals, power generation utilities, and industrial manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers its products under the DistributionNOW and DNOW brand names. It provides consumable maintenance, repair, and operating supplies; pipes, valves, fittings, flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical products, instrumentations, artificial lift, pumping solutions, valve actuation and modular process, and measurement and control equipment; and mill supplies, tools, safety supplies, and personal protective equipment, as well as applied products and applications, such as artificial lift systems, coatings, and miscellaneous expendable items. The company also offers original equipment manufacturer equipment, including pumps, generator sets, air and gas compressors, dryers, blowers, mixers, and valves; modular oil and gas tank battery solutions; and application systems, work processes, parts integration, optimization solutions, and after-sales support. In addition, it provides supply chain and materials management solutions that include procurement, inventory, and warehouse management, as well as solutions for logistics, point of issue technology, project management, business process, and performance metrics reporting. The company serves customers through a network of approximately 195 locations in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the energy industry, including drilling contractors, well servicing companies, independent and national oil and gas companies, midstream operators, and refineries, as well as petrochemical, chemical, utilities, and other downstream energy processors; and industrial and manufacturing companies. NOW Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Cactus Inc.
Cactus, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a range of wellheads and pressure control equipment in the United States. The company's principal products include Cactus SafeDrill wellhead systems, Cactus SafeLink monobore, SafeClamp, and SafeInject systems, as well as frac stacks, zipper manifolds, and production trees. It also provides mission-critical field services, such as 24-hour service crews to assist with the installation, maintenance, repair, and safe handling of the wellhead and pressure control equipment; and repair and refurbishment services. The company sells or rents its products for onshore unconventional oil and gas wells that are utilized during the drilling, completion, and production phases of its customers' wells. It operates 14 service centers in the United States, as well as 3 service centers in Eastern Australia. Cactus, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Latest DNOW
- Centuri Announces Executive Leadership Changes
- President and CEO Cherechinsky David A sold $4,285,256 worth of shares (256,142 units at $16.73) and exercised 256,142 shares at a strike of $10.09 (SEC Form 4)
- Officer Johnson Mark B exercised 72,166 shares at a strike of $10.04 and sold $1,894,600 worth of shares (112,841 units at $16.79), decreasing direct ownership by 14% to 249,545 units (SEC Form 4)
- VP and General Counsel Chang Raymond W exercised 76,238 shares at a strike of $9.84 and sold $1,294,521 worth of shares (76,238 units at $16.98) (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by DNOW Inc.
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by DNOW Inc.
- DNOW Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- DNOW Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
- EnerCom Announces SM Energy as a Keynote Speaker at the 31st EnerCom Denver - The Energy Investment Conference, on August 19, 2026, in Denver, Colorado
- DNOW Announces Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call
Latest WHD
- Cactus Announces Timing of Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call
- Chairman and CEO Bender Scott sold $6,197,300 worth of shares (100,000 units at $61.97) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, disposed of 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, was granted 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock, returned 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock to the company and acquired 100,000 shares as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Large owner Cactus Wh Enterprises, Llc disposed of 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 9,061,249 units (SEC Form 4)
- President Bender Joel disposed of 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, was granted 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock, returned 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock to the company, acquired 100,000 shares as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and sold $6,197,300 worth of shares (100,000 units at $61.97) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Cactus Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Large owner Cactus Wh Enterprises, Llc disposed of 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock, decreasing direct ownership by 1% to 9,161,249 units (SEC Form 4)
- President Bender Joel disposed of 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, was granted 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock, returned 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock to the company, acquired 100,000 shares as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and sold $7,037,200 worth of shares (100,000 units at $70.37) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman and CEO Bender Scott disposed of 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, was granted 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock, returned 100,000 units of Class B Common Stock to the company, acquired 100,000 shares as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and sold $7,037,200 worth of shares (100,000 units at $70.37) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Cactus downgraded by Citigroup with a new price target
- Large owner Cactus Wh Enterprises, Llc disposed of 25,000 units of Class B Common Stock, decreasing direct ownership by 0.27% to 9,261,249 units (SEC Form 4)