Stifel Nicolaus Keeps Their Buy Rating on NOV (NOV)

Stifel Nicolaus analyst Stephen Gengaro maintained a Buy rating on NOV today and set a price target of $23.00.

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Gengaro covers the Energy sector, focusing on stocks such as Baker Hughes Company, Solaris Energy Infrastructure, and Liberty Energy. According to TipRanks, Gengaro has an average return of 27.0% and a 58.95% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to Stifel Nicolaus, NOV also received a Buy from Susquehanna’s Charles Minervino in a report issued on April 15. However, today, Piper Sandler maintained a Hold rating on NOV (NYSE: NOV).

Based on NOV’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $2.28 billion and a GAAP net loss of $78 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $2.31 billion and had a net profit of $160 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 49 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of NOV in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2026, Joseph Rovig, the President – Energy Equipment of NOV sold 151,086.00 shares for a total of $3,045,893.76.