Baker Hughes vs DNOW
BKR and DNOW side by side, both in construction, mining, and materials handling. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKR and DNOW compare
Baker Hughes is the larger company, worth 20 times as much as DNOW ($49.1B against $2.5B).
DNOW grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (96.8% versus 3.7% for Baker Hughes).
Baker Hughes keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.1% compared with −3.9% at DNOW.
Baker Hughes pays a dividend yielding 1.9%; DNOW does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKR | DNOW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $49.1B | $2.5B |
| Share price | $49.44 | $13.90 |
| Change, 1 year | 4.0% | 7.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 119% | 49.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.68 | 0.88 |
| Employees | 56K | 5,300 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 8 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.7× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 2.4× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.2× | 12.4× (better) |
| FCF yield | 6.6% | 8.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $27.01 | $15.56 |
| Margin of safety | −83.0% | 10.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 96.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.0% | 11.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 0.24% (better) | −338% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 16.1% |
| Operating margin | – | −3.9% |
| Net margin | 10.1% (better) | −3.9% |
| FCF margin | 11.2% (better) | 4.2% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% (better) | −11.3% |
| Return on invested capital | – | −10.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.91 (better) | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 2.08 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.31 | 2.08 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | – |
| Payout ratio | 31.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 4.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% | 4.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.2% | 107% |
| Held by insiders | 0.13% | 1.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$72.6M | −$7.5M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | 6.5% |
Go deeper
- BKR stock overview
- BKR income statement
- BKR valuation and score
- DNOW stock overview
- DNOW income statement
- DNOW valuation and score
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