How to buy NOW stock

NOW Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. NOW shares (DNOW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. NOW employs 2,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.6 billion.

NOW share price

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NOW shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-03-03.

52-week range	USD$4.03 - USD$11.4
50-day moving average	USD$9.4656
200-day moving average	USD$6.9028
Wall St. target price	USD$10.83
PE ratio	22.3317
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.527

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NOW financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.6 billion
Gross profit TTM	USD$292 million
Return on assets TTM	-2.31%
Return on equity TTM	-46.34%
Profit margin	-26.37%
Book value	$6.357
Market capitalisation	USD$1.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting NOW shares

There are currently 2.3 million NOW shares held short by investors – that's known as NOW's "short interest". This figure is 5.4% down from 2.5 million last month.

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

NOW's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

NOW's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of NOW shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of NOW shares traded daily (recently around 1.2 million). NOW's SIR currently stands at 1.91. In other words for every 100,000 NOW shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1910 shares are currently held short.

However NOW's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of NOW shares, or, against the total number of tradable NOW shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case NOW's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 NOW shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.024% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable NOW shares, roughly 24 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 NOW.

Find out more about how you can short NOW stock.

NOW share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, NOW's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.03 up to $11.4. 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 NOW's is 2.127. This would suggest that NOW's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

NOW overview

NOW Inc. distributes downstream energy and industrial products for petroleum refining, chemical processing, LNG terminals, power generation utilities, and industrial manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers its products under the DistributionNOW and DNOW brand names. It provides consumable maintenance, repair, and operating supplies; pipes, valves, fittings, flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical products, instrumentations, artificial lift, pumping solutions, valve actuation and modular process, and measurement and control equipment; and mill supplies, tools, safety supplies, and personal protective equipment, as well as applied products and applications, such as artificial lift systems, coatings, and miscellaneous expendable items. The company also offers original equipment manufacturer equipment, including pumps, generator sets, air and gas compressors, dryers, blowers, mixers, and valves; modular oil and gas tank battery solutions; and application systems, work processes, parts integration, optimization solutions, and after-sales support. In addition, it provides supply chain and materials management solutions that include procurement, inventory, and warehouse management, as well as solutions for logistics, point of issue technology, project management, business process, and performance metrics reporting. The company serves customers through a network of approximately 195 locations in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the energy industry, including drilling contractors, well servicing companies, independent and national oil and gas companies, midstream operators, and refineries, as well as petrochemical, chemical, utilities, and other downstream energy processors; and industrial and manufacturing companies. NOW Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

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

  Currently 0.943% of NOW shares are held by insiders and 95.806% by institutions.

• How many people work for NOW?

  Latest data suggests 2,400 work at NOW.

• When does the fiscal year end for NOW?

  NOW's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is NOW based?

  NOW's address is: 7402 North Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX, United States, 77041

• What is NOW's ISIN number?

  NOW's international securities identification number is: US67011P1003

• What is NOW's CUSIP number?

  NOW's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 67011P100