NOV Valuation

Is NOV undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NOV when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NOV ($16.26) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($23.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NOV is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NOV?

Key metric: As NOV is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NOV. This is calculated by dividing NOV's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NOV's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.9x
EarningsUS$1.07b
Market CapUS$6.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NOV's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NOV vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.7x
WFRD Weatherford International
11.2x5.2%US$6.0b
CHX ChampionX
18.6x10.1%US$5.8b
AROC Archrock
29.7x29.7%US$4.3b
WHD Cactus
23.2x15.9%US$5.2b
NOV NOV
5.9x-8.4%US$6.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NOV is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.9x) compared to the peer average (20.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NOV's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Energy Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NCSM NCS Multistage Holdings
1.4x-107.5%US$60.82m
BASX.Q Basic Energy Services
n/an/aUS$24.00
No more companies available in this PE range
NOV 5.9xIndustry Avg. 15.4xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NOV is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.9x) compared to the US Energy Services industry average (16.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NOV's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NOV PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.9x
Fair PE Ratio9.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: NOV is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NOV forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$16.26
US$20.39
+25.4%
11.3%US$25.00US$15.00n/a23
Nov ’25US$15.17
US$20.87
+37.6%
11.4%US$25.00US$15.00n/a23
Oct ’25US$16.20
US$23.48
+44.9%
13.6%US$31.00US$16.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$17.77
US$23.74
+33.6%
12.1%US$31.00US$18.00n/a23
Aug ’25US$19.60
US$23.75
+21.2%
11.9%US$31.00US$19.00n/a24
Jul ’25US$18.49
US$23.79
+28.7%
11.9%US$31.00US$17.00n/a24
Jun ’25US$18.82
US$23.79
+26.4%
11.9%US$31.00US$17.00n/a24
May ’25US$18.38
US$23.75
+29.2%
11.9%US$31.00US$17.00n/a25
Apr ’25US$19.70
US$23.79
+20.8%
13.5%US$31.00US$17.00n/a24
Mar ’25US$17.10
US$24.04
+40.6%
13.2%US$31.00US$17.00n/a24
Feb ’25US$19.85
US$25.13
+26.6%
14.2%US$33.00US$19.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$20.28
US$25.28
+24.7%
13.7%US$33.00US$19.00n/a25
Dec ’24US$19.12
US$25.12
+31.4%
13.9%US$33.00US$19.00n/a25
Nov ’24US$19.69
US$25.16
+27.8%
14.2%US$33.00US$18.00US$15.1725
Oct ’24US$20.90
US$24.48
+17.1%
13.7%US$30.00US$18.00US$16.2025
Sep ’24US$21.60
US$24.48
+13.3%
13.7%US$30.00US$18.00US$17.7725
Aug ’24US$20.40
US$24.16
+18.4%
15.2%US$30.00US$16.00US$19.6025
Jul ’24US$16.04
US$24.08
+50.1%
16.0%US$30.00US$16.00US$18.4924
Jun ’24US$14.81
US$24.42
+64.9%
15.0%US$30.00US$17.00US$18.8224
May ’24US$16.72
US$24.75
+48.0%
14.2%US$30.00US$17.00US$18.3824
Apr ’24US$18.51
US$26.22
+41.6%
11.2%US$32.00US$18.00US$19.7023
Mar ’24US$22.22
US$26.13
+17.6%
11.4%US$32.00US$18.00US$17.1023
Feb ’24US$24.27
US$25.43
+4.8%
12.1%US$32.00US$18.00US$19.8523
Jan ’24US$20.89
US$24.82
+18.8%
12.2%US$30.00US$18.00US$20.2822
Dec ’23US$22.25
US$24.52
+10.2%
12.2%US$30.00US$17.00US$19.1221
Nov ’23US$22.50
US$23.38
+3.9%
14.3%US$29.00US$16.00US$19.6921

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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