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Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.

Trending onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normBacked by solid revenue growthHeavy, mixed discussion
$FET·$561M·Oil & Gas Equipment & Services·Energy
$52.15-0.8%YTD+41.5%1Y+170.3%
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FEFET
$FETForum Energy Technologies, Inc.
$52.15-0.84%2.0k posts+44%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $FET, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Small-cap oilfield services name up 171% in a year — cheap on FCF, waiting on July 30 earnings.

Forum Energy Technologies makes equipment for oil and gas drilling and completion — drilling tools, subsea equipment, and various production hardware sold to the OFS crowd. It's a $560M market cap tucked into the small-cap corner of energy services, up 171% over the past year on the underlying oil-services recovery.

  • Revenue grew 8% YoY to $233M last quarter — the top-line growth is modest for a stock up 171%, but the company is generating a 10.7% free cash flow yield, which is what actually justifies the rerating.
  • Trades at 0.7x sales with a 10.7% FCF yield — genuinely cheap on cash generation, and the multiple is where a well-run OFS small-cap should be at a mid-cycle point in the drilling activity cycle.
  • Q1 EPS was $0.40 vs a Q1 estimate of $0.57 for the upcoming Q2 print — the sell-side has EPS estimates rising and the company has been executing on modest revenue growth with expanding margins.
  • Small 10.2M share float means any positive earnings surprise creates outsized moves; the volume multiplier is normal at 0.8x so positioning is not yet stretched.
  • Zero insider transactions in the last 60 days and 52-week position at 73rd percentile — the tape has done the work while insiders have stayed quiet, which is a reasonably clean setup into July 30 earnings.

The July 30 print is the reset: revenue growth held above 6% plus positive Q3 revenue commentary is what keeps the run-up defensible; a modest print with cautious guide is where the 171% run digests further. Small OFS name doing real work — the low float creates asymmetric moves in both directions when catalysts land.

What to watch: July 30 Q2 earnings — need revenue growth above 6% and positive Q3 commentary. A modest print with cautious guide is where the 171% run-up digests further.

On the calendar: 2026-07-30 — Q2 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment⚠41 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15 · top-engagement diverged

Fetch.ai chatter is patient-bull. Bulls point to FET at $0.16 defending a multi-year support demand zone ($0.150-0.155) where buyers repeatedly stepped in, with targets $0.80 → $1.80 → $3.40 if the level holds. Community frames it as the #1 DePIN / robotics AI token by TickerTrends metrics and highlights Binance outflows (~bullish signal) alongside fully unlocked supply so no further vesting overhang remains. Chart bears counter with a potential daily double-top near a rejected neckline and 'nobody is talking about AI coins anymore' fatigue. Positioning is patient dip-buy, not euphoric.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Oilfield equipment designer for drilling, completions, and production serving oil & gas and renewables.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Equipment & Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FET.

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy

No material change from last week — Offshore deepwater rig day-rates are firming as Brent above $80 keeps operators committing to multi-year projects, reversing the 2020–22 under-investment cycle..

What this means for $FET

Direct beneficiary — Oilfield equipment designer for drilling, completions, and production serving oil & gas and renewables; the company is structurally positioned to capture the offshore deepwater rig day-rate firming above $80 Brent.

Top industry ETF

$OIHVanEck Oil Services ETF
+31.9%YTD
+61.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-89.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-1.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
2.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
10.7%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-2.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
27.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.9Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 30, 2026$0.47$0.44+6.8%
Q4 2025Feb 19, 2026$0.41$0.36+13.9%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.27$0.19+42.1%
Q2 2025Aug 7, 2025$-0.10$0.15-166.7%
Next earningsThu, Jul 30·consensus EPS $0.57

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$208.7M+8.0%29.2%5.3%$0.40$2.5M
Q4 FY25$202.2M+0.6%30.2%0.9%$0.18$20.9M
Q3 FY25$196.2M-5.6%20.5%-3.1%$-1.68$21.5M
Q2 FY25$199.8M-2.7%29.7%7.4%$0.62$16.2M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$858.5M$857.9M – $859.1M$2.16$2.08 – $2.242
FY27$915.4M$903.0M – $927.8M$2.75$2.42 – $3.082

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.73%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+15.4%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 10.2M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.555-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMay 13Danford Michael DewayneSVP & CHO3.0K sh$166K
+ 36 other (13 exempts · 13 inkinds · 10 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 128-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Forum Energy Technologies' 2026 Annual Meeting on May 8, 2026 approved Amendment No. 4 to the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, increasing shares available under the plan by 625,000; also reported voting results (Item 5.07). Equity plan expansion; modestly dilutive.

8-KMaterial agreementFeb 58-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
+ 13 other (4 13Gs · 3 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 SD) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Forum Energy Technologies Announces Timing of Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Callbusinesswire.com·3d agoIs Forum Energy Technologies (FET) Stock Outpacing Its Oils-Energy Peers This Year?zacks.com·11d agoForum Energy Technologies to Present at the Planet MicroCap Las Vegas 2026 Conferencebusinesswire.com·31d agoIt Is Too Early To Take Profits On Forum Energy Technologiesseekingalpha.com·43d agoEnerCom Announces Premier Networking Events for the 31st Annual Energy Investment Conference, Including Monday Charity Golf Tournament, Monday VIP Welcome Mixer, and Tuesday Casino Nightgurufocus.com·56d ago

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