Company Analysis

Cactus, Inc. (WHD)

NYSE: WHD · Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade6.6
◀ Past 6.6● Present 7.2▶ Future 6.0
1 est.

The grade of Cactus, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.6/10
◀ Past6.630% of the headline
● Present7.240% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
8.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.5% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $341 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 15.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 45% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span15.5%top 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 30% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak44.5%bottom 30% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
3.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 39% of 16 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 16 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Cactus, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 39% of 16 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 23%: owes 23¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cactus, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 23 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 16% of its family
  • return on equitytop 28% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 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
7.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 16 in its family; net margin 18.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s standing among 16 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of 18.7% ranks in the top 9%; revenue growth of 16.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 28% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.08Btop 34% of its family
  • net margin18.7%top 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth16.2%top 28% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bender, Scott (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-02-07, 8.8 years (top 25% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.8 years (top 35%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 46%; 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 charge6 in three years among 15 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.8 yearstop 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.8 yearstop 25% 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?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
9.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 9% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 91st percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $495 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 26.4% of its assets as net cash, top 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 23.9% of revenue (top 3%); a gross margin of 37% (top 14%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets26.4%top 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue23.9%top 3% of its family
  • gross margin37.0%top 14% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 15 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 16.2% a year over the last three filed years against 15.5% over all 9, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew -4.5% (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). Cactus, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Pressure Control at $711 million (66%), Spoolable Technologies at $368 million (34%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.7 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-4.5%bottom 17% 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
3.5/10

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

bottom 35% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cactus, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 25.4% below the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 11% of its family); net income of $202 million against a prior three-year average of $198 million (bottom 46%); a net margin of 18.7% against 20.4% before (bottom 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-25.4%bottom 11% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+2%bottom 46% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.7 pointsbottom 46% 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 WHD · research, not advice