DXP Enterprises (DXPE): Valuation Check After Record Backlogs, Margin Gains and Active M&A Pipeline

DXP Enterprises (DXPE) is back in the spotlight after fresh coverage highlighted how record backlogs, margin improvement, and a steady M&A drumbeat are shaping expectations for the stock’s next leg.

See our latest analysis for DXP Enterprises.

Even after a sharp 30 day share price return decline of 19.56 percent and a 90 day share price return drop of 21.04 percent from recent highs, DXP’s 16.31 percent year to date share price return and hefty 27.50 percent one year total shareholder return suggest momentum has cooled in the short term but remains firmly positive over a multi year horizon as investors reassess growth and execution risks.

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With record backlogs, accelerating earnings, and the stock trading at a sizable discount to analyst and intrinsic value estimates, the debate now shifts: is DXP still mispriced, or is the market already discounting years of future growth?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 28.1% Undervalued

With DXP Enterprises last closing at $98.15 against a narrative fair value of $136.50, the implied upside reflects expectations for profit and cash generation.

The analysts have a consensus price target of $125.0 for DXP Enterprises based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. In order for you to agree with the analyst's consensus, you would need to believe that by 2028, revenues will be $2.2 billion, earnings will come to $122.9 million, and it would be trading on a PE ratio of 19.6x, assuming you use a discount rate of 8.8%.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious what kind of revenue climb, margin lift, and future earnings multiple are implied by the gap between price and fair value? The full narrative breaks down the assumptions behind that upside case, line by line, and sets out how today’s cash flows are projected to compound into tomorrow’s valuation.

Result: Fair Value of $136.50 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, a sharper downturn in energy markets or missteps in integrating acquisitions could quickly erode margins and undermine the assumed earnings trajectory.

Find out about the key risks to this DXP Enterprises narrative.

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