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WFRD vs WHD
Side-by-side comparison of Weatherford International plc (WFRD) and Cactus Inc. (WHD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both WFRD and WHD operate in Oil and Gas Field Machinery (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- WFRD is the larger of the two at $5.36B, about 1.1x WHD ($4.91B).
- Over the past year, WFRD is up 17.4% and WHD is up 65.6% - WHD leads by 48.2 points.
- WHD has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for WFRD).
- WHD has more recent analyst coverage (22 ratings vs 20 for WFRD).
- Company
- Weatherford International plc
- Cactus Inc.
- Price
- $76.19+1.57%
- $61.73+0.81%
- Market cap
- $5.36B
- $4.91B
- 1M return
- -7.16%
- -8.27%
- 1Y return
- +17.35%
- +65.60%
- Industry
- Oil and Gas Field Machinery
- Oil and Gas Field Machinery
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2018
- News (4w)
- 2
- 4
- Recent ratings
- 20
- 22
Weatherford International plc
Weatherford International plc, an oilfield service company, provides equipment and services for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil and natural gas wells worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. It offers artificial lift systems, including reciprocating rod, progressing cavity pumping, gas, hydraulic, plunger, and hybrid lift systems, as well as related automation and control systems; pressure pumping and reservoir stimulation services, such as acidizing, fracturing and fluid systems, cementing, and coiled-tubing intervention; and drill stem test tools, surface well testing, and multiphase flow measurement services. The company also provides safety, downhole reservoir monitoring, flow control, and multistage fracturing systems, as well as sand-control technologies, and production and isolation packers; liner hangers to suspend a casing string in high-temperature and high-pressure wells; cementing products, including plugs, float and stage equipment, and torque-and-drag reduction technology for zonal isolation; and pre-job planning and installation services. In addition, it offers directional drilling services, and logging and measurement services while drilling; services related to rotary-steerable systems, high-temperature and high-pressure sensors, drilling reamers, and circulation subs; rotating control devices and advanced automated control systems, as well as closed-loop drilling, air drilling, managed-pressure drilling, and underbalanced drilling services; open hole and cased-hole logging services; and intervention and remediation services. Further, the company provides tubular handling, management, and connection services; drilling tools and rental equipment services; and re-entry, fishing, wellbore cleaning, and well abandonment services, as well as multilateral well systems. Weatherford International plc was incorporated in 1972 and is based 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 WFRD
- SEC Form 3 filed by Weatherford International plc
- Weatherford Expands Collaboration with Equinor Through Contract Extension and Major Offshore Completions Award
- Weatherford Announces Third-Quarter 2026 Conference Call
- Weatherford International plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events
- Weatherford Shareholders Approve Redomestication to Delaware
- SEC Form S-8 filed by Weatherford International plc
- Weatherford International plc filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 424B7 filed by Weatherford International plc
- Weatherford Completes Acquisition of NCS Multistage
- Weatherford and NCS Multistage Announce Anticipated Election Deadline and Closing Date
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)