# Cactus Inc. (WHD) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Energy / Energy Equipment & Services. Price $70.16, market value $4.9 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 59.0×**. Cactus Inc. trades at 59.0× trailing earnings. The Energy median in the September 2026 study was 16.8×. Forward P/E is 19.4×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 3.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 3.6×.
- **Price / book: 3.9×**. The shares trade at 3.9× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 13.3×**. Enterprise value is 13.3× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Earnings yield: 1.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 1.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 18.6%**. 18.6% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 15.4%**. 15.4% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 13.5%**. 13.5% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: 18.2%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 18.2%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 8.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 8.7% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -4.5%** (3-yr 16.2%/yr, 5-yr 25.4%/yr). Revenue fell 4.5% over the last year, against 25.4% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.00**. Debt is 0.00 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: net cash**. Cactus Inc. holds more cash than debt.
- **Altman Z-score: 8.63**. A Z-score of 8.63 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.86%** ($0.56 per share, trailing). Cactus Inc. yields 0.86%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 23%**. 23% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 7**. 7 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 8.4%/yr** (1-yr 8.0%). The dividend has grown 8.4% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 63.2%** (YTD 54.4%, 3-mo 23.9%). The shares are up 63.2% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -5.3%** (111.3% above the low). Trading 5% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 57**. An RSI of 57 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.17** (volatility 44%). Beta of 1.17 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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