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DNOW

Rank #429

Rank #429 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.12) · ROE -4.2% · Piotroski F-Score 4 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0001599617 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Weakening

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowdeteriorating
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilitydeteriorating
  • Net cashstable
  • Operating margindeteriorating
  • Return on equitydeteriorating
  • Share count (dilution)deteriorating

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.

USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2017-12-31filed 2018-02-142016-12-31filed 2017-02-152015-12-31filed 2016-02-232014-12-31filed 2015-02-25
Income statement
Revenue2,648.02,107.03,010.04,105.0
Revenue growth (YoY)25.7%-30.0%-26.7%-4.4%
Gross profit501.0345.0502.0819.0
Gross margin18.9%16.4%16.7%20.0%
Net income(52.0)(234.0)(502.0)116.0
Net margin-2.0%-11.1%-16.7%2.8%
EPS (diluted)-$0.48-$2.18-$4.68$1.06
EPS growth (YoY)78.0%53.4%-541.5%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow(115.0)235.0324.0108.0
Capital expenditures4.04.011.039.0
Free cash flow(119.0)231.0313.069.0

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?