How to buy Cactus stock

Cactus, Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. Cactus shares (WHD) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Cactus employs 1,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$420.7 million.

How to buy shares in Cactus

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Cactus. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: WHD. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Cactus reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Cactus, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Cactus. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Cactus share price

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Cactus shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$8.0628 - USD$31.295
50-day moving average	USD$28.7024
200-day moving average	USD$23.9065
Wall St. target price	USD$28.95
PE ratio	29.9314
Dividend yield	USD$0.36 (1.17%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.02

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Cactus financials

Revenue TTM	USD$420.7 million
Operating margin TTM	23.67%
Gross profit TTM	USD$234.8 million
Return on assets TTM	7.67%
Return on equity TTM	16.29%
Profit margin	11.72%
Book value	$7.383
Market capitalisation	USD$2.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Cactus shares

There are currently 909,318 Cactus shares held short by investors – that's known as Cactus's "short interest". This figure is 8.4% up from 838,789 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Cactus shares can be evaluated.

Cactus's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Cactus's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Cactus shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Cactus shares traded daily (recently around 315735.41666667). Cactus's SIR currently stands at 2.88. In other words for every 100,000 Cactus shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2880 shares are currently held short.

However Cactus's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Cactus shares, or, against the total number of tradable Cactus shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Cactus's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Cactus shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0192% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Cactus shares, roughly 19 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Cactus.

Find out more about how you can short Cactus stock.

Cactus share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Cactus's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.0628 up to $31.295. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Cactus's is 2.4901. This would suggest that Cactus's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Cactus overview

Cactus, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and rents a range of wellheads and pressure control equipment. The company's principal products include Cactus SafeDrill wellhead systems, Cactus SafeLink systems, frac stacks, zipper manifolds, and production trees. It also provides 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. 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.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Cactus is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.475% of Cactus shares are held by insiders and 100.927% by institutions.

• How many people work for Cactus?

  Latest data suggests 1,100 work at Cactus.

• When does the fiscal year end for Cactus?

  Cactus's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Cactus based?

  Cactus's address is: 920 Memorial City Way, Houston, TX, United States, 77024

• What is Cactus's ISIN number?

  Cactus's international securities identification number is: US1272031071

• What is Cactus's CUSIP number?

  Cactus's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 127203107