Company Analysis

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (DXPE)

Nasdaq: DXPE · Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.3
◀ Past 4.5● Present 6.9▶ Future 6.8

The grade of DXP Enterprises, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past4.525% of the headline
● Present6.945% of the headline
▶ Future6.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

19 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-05-10.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 19 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2023-04-04); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2021-10-07); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2022-03-29); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 11 times, the latest 2023-05-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $962 million in fiscal 2016 to $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 21% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.6%top 27% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 24% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak20.5%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.4% a year. 34% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 34% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 18%: 18¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, DXP Enterprises, Inc. earned about 18 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 38 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 34% of 51 in its family; net margin 4.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 4.4% ranks in the top 38%; revenue growth of 10.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.02Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin4.4%top 38% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.8%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
9.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 8% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 92nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Little, David R (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-02-06, 20.8 years (top 4% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.5 years (top 16%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge0 in three years among 12 peopletop 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.5 yearstop 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.8 yearstop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $304 million against debt of $818 million leaves -30.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.7% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 31.5% (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-30.5%bottom 13% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.7%top 48% of its family
  • gross margin31.5%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 12% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.8% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 11% of its family); the newest year grew 11.9% (top 21%); capital spending grew 101.6% a year (top 3%) (its annual reports). DXP Enterprises, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Service Centers at $1.4 billion (68%), Innovative Pumping Solutions at $390 million (19%), Supply Chain Services at $253 million (13%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.3 points a yeartop 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.9%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending101.6%top 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 31% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DXP Enterprises, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.4% above the $2.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 42% of its family); net income of $89 million against a prior three-year average of $62 million (top 12%); a net margin of 4.4% against 3.8% before (top 22%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.4%bottom 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+42%top 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.6 pointstop 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DXPE · research, not advice