ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP) Stock Analysis
Breakout setup
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.25: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.8/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.38; Below-average business quality.
ProPetro Holding provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and power generation services to E&P companies primarily in the Permian Basin. Top customers ExxonMobil (24.9%), Occidental (13.7%), EOG (12.1%), and Permian Resources (11.2%) accounted for approximately 62% of... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.25: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.8/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.38; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 54, MACD bullish. Score 3.8/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.70, earnings proximity 70d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — ProPetro Holding Corp.
Latest news
- Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on ProPetro Holding, Raises Price Target to $20 — benzinga May 18, 2026 positive
- Barclays Upgrades ProPetro Holding to Overweight, Raises Price Target to $23 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
- Citigroup Maintains Buy on ProPetro Holding, Raises Price Target to $20 — benzinga May 5, 2026 positive
- Reported Earlier, ProPetro Prices Upsized $600M Convertible Senior Notes Offering Due 2031 At $23.17 Per Share Conversio — benzinga May 5, 2026 neutral
- PetroPump Announces Intended Private Offering Of $500M Of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2031 — benzinga May 4, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerExxonMobil25%10-K Item 1: 'Exxon Mobil Corporation ("ExxonMobil"), Occidental Petroleum Corporation, EOG Resources, Inc. and Permian Resources Corporation accounted for 24.9%, 13.7%, 12.1%, and 11.2%, respectively, of total revenue'
- HIGHCustomerOccidental Petroleum Corporation14%10-K Item 1: 'Exxon Mobil Corporation ("ExxonMobil"), Occidental Petroleum Corporation, EOG Resources, Inc. and Permian Resources Corporation accounted for 24.9%, 13.7%, 12.1%, and 11.2%, respectively, of total revenue'
- HIGHCustomertop five customers68%10-K Item 1: 'Our top five customers accounted for approximately 68.2%, 58.8% and 63.2% of our revenue, for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively'
- HIGHGeographicPermian Basin10-K Item 1A: 'The majority of our operations are located in the Permian Basin, making us vulnerable to risks associated with operating in one major geographic area.'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -24.7% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $18.25: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.8/10. Specifically: High short interest: 10%; Elevated put/call ratio: 3.38; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 54, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $16.77. Score 3.8/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $18.13 (+0.6% upside). Prior stop was $16.77. Stop-loss: $16.77.
Concentration risk — Customer: ExxonMobil (24.9%); Concentration risk — Customer: Occidental Petroleum Corporation (13.7%); Target reached (-14.1% upside).
ProPetro Holding Corp. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 77.3). TrendMatrix value score: 5.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
17 analysts cover PUMP with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $18.
What does ProPetro Holding Corp. do?ProPetro Holding provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and power generation services to E&P companies...
ProPetro Holding provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and power generation services to E&P companies primarily in the Permian Basin. Top customers ExxonMobil (24.9%), Occidental (13.7%), EOG (12.1%), and Permian Resources (11.2%) accounted for approximately 62% of 2025 revenue; the recently launched PROPWR power generation business adds a new revenue stream.