DNOW Inc.
DNOW NYSE Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment Financials FY2016βFY2025
What DNOW Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- DNOW Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-072828
0001599617
Revenue and margins
DNOW Inc. had $2.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 18.8% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $134M in fiscal 2025, 4.8% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
DNOW Inc. returned $37.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 28% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 10.0%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably DNOW Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $313M | $212M | $299M | $256M | $164M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | β | β | β | $25.0M | $440M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | β1.6x | β |
| Debt / equity | β | β | β | 0.0x | 0.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.4x | 2.3x | 2.6x | 2.3x | 2.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.1x |
| Total assets | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $3.9B |
| Total liabilities | $392M | $476M | $466M | $493M | $1.7B |
| Shareholders' equity | $711M | $842M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $2.2B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β$231M | $276M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 3 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β29.3% | 3.8% | β1.2% | β19.0% | β47.4% | β2.4% | 10.6% | 4.3% | β14.0% | β8.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 3.15 | 3.44 | 4.08 | 3.52 | β0.50 | 1.46 | 2.74 | 4.04 | 3.72 | 2.72 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.1B | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.0B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $2.8B |
| Gross profit | $345M | $501M | $630M | $586M | $292M | $357M | $506M | $539M | $531M | $478M |
| Operating income | β$222M | β$41.0M | $73.0M | β$83.0M | β$420M | $9.0M | $131M | $144M | $109M | β$93.0M |
| Pretax income | β$230M | β$52.0M | $58.0M | β$93.0M | β$430M | $12.0M | $139M | $142M | $110M | β$100M |
| Income tax | $4.0M | β | $6.0M | $4.0M | β$3.0M | $7.0M | $10.0M | β$109M | $31.0M | β$12.0M |
| Net income | β$234M | β$52.0M | $52.0M | β$97.0M | β$427M | $5.0M | $128M | $250M | $78.0M | β$89.0M |
| Net income to common | β$234M | β$52.0M | $51.0M | β$97.0M | β$427M | $5.0M | $126M | $246M | $76.0M | β$89.0M |
| Diluted EPS | β$2.18 | β$0.48 | $0.47 | β$0.89 | β$3.91 | $0.05 | $1.13 | $2.27 | $0.71 | β$0.76 |
| Diluted shares | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.11B | 0.12B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $235M | β$115M | $73.0M | $224M | $189M | $30.0M | $0.0M | $188M | $298M | $155M |
| Capital expenditure | $4.0M | $4.0M | $11.0M | $12.0M | $8.0M | $5.0M | $9.0M | $17.0M | $9.0M | $21.0M |
| Free cash flow | $231M | β$119M | $62.0M | $212M | $181M | $25.0M | β$9.0M | $171M | $289M | $134M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $53.0M | $50.0M | $41.0M | $41.0M | $28.0M | $23.0M | $19.0M | $26.0M | $34.0M | $52.0M |
| Stock-based compensation | $23.0M | $20.0M | $16.0M | $13.0M | $6.0M | $8.0M | $11.0M | $15.0M | $13.0M | $29.0M |
| Acquisitions | $175M | $4.0M | β | $8.0M | $0.0M | $96.0M | $80.0M | $32.0M | $299M | $574M |
| Share buybacks | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $7.0M | $50.0M | $23.0M | $37.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $7.0M | $50.0M | $23.0M | $37.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $106M | $98.0M | $116M | $183M | $387M | $313M | $212M | $299M | $256M | $164M |
| Total debt | $109M | $197M | $132M | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $411M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $17.0M | $11.0M | $7.0M | $11.0M | $22.0M | $25.0M | $29.0M |
| Current assets | $959M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $861M | $883M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $2.3B |
| Current liabilities | $347M | $394M | $441M | $396M | $272M | $369M | $439M | $418M | $442M | $974M |
| Inventory | $483M | $590M | $602M | $465M | $262M | $250M | $381M | $366M | $352M | $1.2B |
| Property and equipment, net | $143M | $119M | $106M | $120M | $98.0M | $111M | $119M | $131M | $157M | $264M |
| Goodwill | $311M | $328M | $314M | $245M | $0.0M | $67.0M | $116M | $139M | $230M | $617M |
| Intangible assets | $184M | $166M | $144M | $90.0M | $0.0M | $9.0M | $25.0M | $28.0M | $65.0M | $565M |
| Total assets | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $3.9B |
| Total liabilities | $420M | $564M | $581M | $447M | $309M | $392M | $476M | $466M | $493M | $1.7B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $699M | $711M | $842M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $2.2B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 18.9% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 18.0% | 21.9% | 23.7% | 23.2% | 22.4% | 17.0% |
| Operating margin | β10.5% | β1.5% | 2.3% | β2.8% | β25.9% | 0.6% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 4.6% | β3.3% |
| EBITDA margin | β8.0% | 0.3% | 3.6% | β1.4% | β24.2% | 2.0% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 6.0% | β1.5% |
| Net margin | β11.1% | β2.0% | 1.7% | β3.3% | β26.4% | 0.3% | 6.0% | 10.8% | 3.3% | β3.2% |
| FCF margin | 11.0% | β4.5% | 2.0% | 7.2% | 11.2% | 1.5% | β0.4% | 7.4% | 12.2% | 4.8% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β14.8% | β2.5% | 5.3% | β | β | β | β | β | 9.0% | β3.0% |
| Return on capital employed | β17.7% | β3.0% | 5.4% | β6.9% | β57.1% | 1.2% | 14.9% | 12.9% | 9.2% | β3.2% |
| Return on equity | β19.8% | β4.4% | 4.3% | β8.2% | β46.3% | 0.7% | 16.5% | 26.3% | 7.1% | β5.3% |
| Return on assets | β14.6% | β3.1% | 2.9% | β5.7% | β32.9% | 0.5% | 10.6% | 17.5% | 4.9% | β3.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | β34.0% | β7.5% | 6.7% | β12.0% | β61.1% | 0.8% | 18.0% | 27.5% | 9.2% | β8.5% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 25.7% | 18.1% | β5.6% | β45.1% | 0.8% | 30.9% | 8.7% | 2.2% | 18.8% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β286.5% | β | β | 2,460.0% | 95.3% | β68.8% | β214.1% |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β289.4% | β | β | 2,160.0% | 100.9% | β68.7% | β207.0% |
| FCF growth | β | β151.5% | β | 241.9% | β14.6% | β86.2% | β136.0% | β | 69.0% | β53.6% |
| Share count change | β | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.7% | β2.5% | β1.2% | 10.0% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | 11.0x | 0.1x | β | β | β | β | β | β1.6x | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.1x | β | β | β | β | β | 0.0x | 0.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.8x | 2.9x | 2.8x | 2.7x | 3.2x | 2.4x | 2.3x | 2.6x | 2.3x | 2.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.4x | 1.5x | 2.2x | 1.7x | 1.4x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.1x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | 0.0% | 0.0% | β | 29.2% | 8.0% | 27.6% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 4.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | β0.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| Accruals ratio | β29.3% | 3.8% | β1.2% | β19.0% | β47.4% | β2.4% | 10.6% | 4.3% | β14.0% | β8.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001599617). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.