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NOV Inc. (NOV)

Energy | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | Houston, United States | NYSE
20.99 USD +0.23 (1.108%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 20.79 -0.20 (-0.200%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★⯪☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is cautiously optimistic due to a robust recent price rally and a technical bounce off key moving averages, yet the underlying business fundamentals remain deeply compromised. The company is trapped in a structural decline, having lost nearly 63% of its value over the last nine years, with revenue shrinking and profitability eroding. While the forward P/E looks attractive at roughly 16x, this is a valuation of the future, not a reflection of current operational health where ROE hovers near 1.5%. The dividend is effectively a trap; the payout ratio exceeds 155%, meaning the company is paying out more than it earns, likely cannibalizing cash needed for operations. Investors should view the recent price surge as a speculative trade based on hopes of an oil sector recovery, rather than a sign of a turning tide for this specific operator.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.045822
MSTL0.046753
AutoTheta0.048381
AutoETS0.049346

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 0.32
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.363
Excess Kurtosis -1.03
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 37.151
Revenue per Share 23.799
Market Cap 7,482,475,520
Trailing P/E 77.74
Forward P/E 16.40
Beta 0.94
Profit Margins 1.10%
Previous Name National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
Website https://www.nov.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate rebound, evidenced by heavy call open interest at strikes 22 and 23 for the September expiration, suggesting a target range above current prices. However, the January 2027 expiration shows significant put open interest at the 17 strike, indicating a floor expectation significantly below current levels. Implied volatility is elevated across all expirations, reflecting uncertainty about whether the stock can recover from its multi-year decline or if further downside is priced in.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.43% 2.41% 2.47% 1.89%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-12 0.090000 0.425935
2026-06-01 0.090000 0.450000
2026-03-13 0.090000 0.488334
2025-12-05 0.075000 0.463822
2025-09-12 0.075000 0.581846
2025-06-13 0.075000 0.549048
2025-06-02 0.210000 1.755853
2025-03-14 0.075000 0.524476
2024-12-06 0.075000 0.501337
2024-09-13 0.075000 0.472888
2024-06-14 0.075000 0.428571
2024-03-13 0.050000 0.270270
2023-12-07 0.050000 0.271003
2023-09-14 0.050000 0.239808
2023-06-15 0.050000 0.315457
2023-03-16 0.050000 0.275330
2022-12-08 0.050000 0.246184
2022-09-15 0.050000 0.284252
2022-06-09 0.050000 0.243072
2022-03-10 0.050000 0.228206
2021-12-02 0.050000 0.410172
2020-03-12 0.050000 0.574713
2019-12-05 0.050000 0.221533
2019-09-12 0.050000 0.216450
2019-06-13 0.050000 0.241313
2019-03-14 0.050000 0.184911
2018-12-06 0.050000 0.165180
2018-09-13 0.050000 0.112969
2018-06-14 0.050000 0.118596
2018-03-15 0.050000 0.137893
2017-12-07 0.050000 0.154321
2017-09-14 0.050000 0.147275
2017-06-14 0.050000 0.152579
2017-03-15 0.050000 0.127779
2016-11-30 0.050000 0.133833
2016-09-14 0.050000 0.154751
2016-06-08 0.050000 0.135208
2016-03-09 0.460000 1.465902
2015-12-02 0.460000 1.240561
2015-09-09 0.460000 1.185567
2015-06-10 0.460000 0.934959
2015-03-11 0.460000 0.917065
2014-12-03 0.460000 0.680675
2014-09-10 0.460000 0.564486
2014-06-11 0.460000 0.602252
2014-03-12 0.234445 0.336308
2013-12-04 0.234445 0.317654
2013-09-11 0.234445 0.330242
2013-06-12 0.234445 0.375668
2013-03-13 0.117223 0.192536
2012-12-05 0.117223 0.189477
2012-09-12 0.108206 0.143610
2012-06-13 0.108206 0.181324
2012-03-14 0.108206 0.149682
2011-11-30 0.108206 0.167365
2011-09-07 0.099188 0.166742
2011-06-08 0.099188 0.154169
2011-03-09 0.099188 0.140449
2010-12-01 0.099188 0.177447
2010-09-08 0.090171 0.250877
2010-06-09 0.090171 0.284494
2010-03-10 0.090171 0.228780
2009-11-30 0.991885 2.556951
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.36
dividendYield 1.73
exDividendDate 2026-09-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.33
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015895953
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2026-06-12
dividendDate 2026-09-25

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.5847328
Address1 10,353 Richmond Avenue
All Time High 86.55
All Time Low 3.437782
Ask 20.9
Ask Size 1,100
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,430,450
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,830,593
Average Volume 3,830,593
Average Volume10Days 3,430,450
Beta 0.936
Bid 20.9
Bid Size 600
Board Risk 5
Book Value 17.366
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,483,142,400
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 20.99
Current Ratio 2.422
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 21.045
Day Low 20.48
Debt To Equity 37.151
Display Name NOV
Dividend Date 1,790,294,400
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 1.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,337,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,337,200
Earnings Growth 0.076
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.037
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,044,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,044,800
Ebitda 986,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.11413
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.824
Enterprise To Revenue 1.007
Enterprise Value 8,700,475,392
Eps Current Year 0.92908
Eps Forward 1.27992
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.27
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,084,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 19.6002
Fifty Day Average Change 1.3897991
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.07090739
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 58.473278
Fifty Two Week High 21.67
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.6800003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0313798
Fifty Two Week Low 12.29
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.7
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.7078926
Fifty Two Week Range 12.29 - 21.67
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 846,599,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.25
Float Shares 354,414,117
Forward Eps 1.27992
Forward P E 16.399462
Free Cashflow 673,374,976
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 31,605
Fullday Change 0.23
Fullday Change Percent 1.1079
Fullday Price 20.79
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.21646
Gross Profits 1,870,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00732
Held Percent Institutions 1.0847
Implied Shares Outstanding 356,478,125
Industry Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Industry Disp Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Industry Key oil-gas-equipment-services
Ir Website http://www.nov.com/investor/investorrelations.aspx
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,222,400
Last Dividend Value 0.09
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,401,667,200
Last Split Factor 1,109:1000
Long Business Summary NOV Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Energy Equipment, and Energy Products and Services. The Energy Products and Services segment offers drill bits and borehole enlargement products; independent drilling and intervention downhole tools equipment; frac plugs, frac sleeves, toe initiation burst port systems, and recyclable setting tools; electric submersible pumps, high viscosity pumps, and surface pumps; tubular coating and inspection services for drill-pipe and other oil country tubular goods; solids control and waste management equipment and services; data and digital solutions; precision-engineered drill pipe and drill-stem equipment; connectors and integral thread solutions, including conductor strings, surface casing, and liners; and composite pipe, tanks, and structures. Its Energy Equipment segment provides drilling equipment, such as land rigs, complete offshore drilling packages, and rig components; capital equipment, related consumables, and digital products for hydraulic stimulation, coiled tubing, and wireline services; marine and construction solutions; processing solutions for the separation and treatment of oil, gas, solids, seawater, and produced water production; flexible subsea pipe systems; cavity pumps, specialized mixers and heat exchangers; and reciprocating, multistage, and progressive cavity pumps, midstream products, including closures, transfer pumps, chokes and valves, as well as artificial lift support systems that include production BOPs and stuffing boxes. The company was formerly known as National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and changed its name to NOV Inc. in January 2021. NOV Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Long Name NOV Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 7,482,475,520
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_31900
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-08-29
Net Income To Common 95,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 7,400,485,875
Number Of Analyst Opinions 19
Open 20.85
Operating Cashflow 916,000,000
Operating Margins 0.0717
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 1.5555999
Peg Ratio 1.15
Phone 346 223 3000
Post Market Change -0.19999886
Post Market Change Percent -0.95282924
Post Market Price 20.79
Post Market Time 1,787,961,600
Prev Name National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
Previous Close 20.76
Price Eps Current Year 22.592241
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.2086837
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.86612755
Profit Margins 0.011
Quick Ratio 1.524
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.5
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.23
Regular Market Change Percent 1.1079
Regular Market Day High 21.045
Regular Market Day Low 20.48
Regular Market Day Range 20.48 - 21.045
Regular Market Open 20.85
Regular Market Previous Close 20.76
Regular Market Price 20.99
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 2,920,236
Return On Assets 0.03446
Return On Equity 0.01545
Revenue Growth -0.025
Revenue Per Share 23.799
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 356,478,125
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0723
Shares Short 25,778,958
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 25,936,690
Short Name NOV Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1331
Short Ratio 7.43
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol NOV
Target High Price 26.0
Target Low Price 17.0
Target Mean Price 22.23684
Target Median Price 22.0
Total Cash 1,164,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.265
Total Debt 2,326,000,128
Total Revenue 8,638,999,552
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015895953
Trailing Eps 0.27
Trailing P E 77.74074
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.1465
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 18.7776
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.2124004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.11782126
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,920,236
Website https://www.nov.com
Zip 77,042-4103