ProPetro Holding operates with near-zero gross margins, -25% declining revenue, and a business quality score of 1.8/10, placing it well below the investable quality threshold, while an extreme put/call ratio of 450.50 signals severe options market concern about near-term downside.
Thesis pillars
- Revenue Decline Quality Crisis→Stable
- Extreme Put Call Ratio↓Deteriorating
- Earnings Beat Streak↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP) Stock Analysis
Inst Constrain edge
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.10: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10 and A.R:R 1.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 16%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
ProPetro provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and power generation services to E&P companies concentrated in the Permian Basin. Revenue comes from completion services billed to upstream operators; the top five customers (ExxonMobil at 24.9%, Occidental at 13.7%,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.10: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10 and A.R:R 1.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 16%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 72d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on clean insider activity. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-16Recent Developments — ProPetro Holding Corp.
Latest news
- NEWS Barclays Maintains Overweight on ProPetro Holding, Lowers Price Target to $18 — benzinga Aug 5, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Citigroup Maintains Buy on ProPetro Holding, Lowers Price Target to $16 — benzinga Aug 3, 2026 positive
- NEWS Stifel Maintains Buy on ProPetro Holding, Lowers Price Target to $20 — benzinga Aug 3, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on ProPetro Holding, Lowers Price Target to $18 — benzinga Jul 30, 2026 neutral
- NEWS ProPetro Holding Q2 EPS $(0.07) Misses $(0.01) Estimate, Sales $305.811M Beat $304.406M Estimate — benzinga Jul 29, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-08-16T21:27:07Z.
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -6.2% 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
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $12.10: Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.2/10 and A.R:R 1.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 16%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $11.25. Score 4.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $14.99 (+23.9% upside). Prior stop was $11.25. Stop-loss: $11.25.
Quality below floor (1.8 < 4.0).
ProPetro Holding Corp. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 31.4). TrendMatrix value score: 7.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
18 analysts cover PUMP with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $17.
What does ProPetro Holding Corp. do?ProPetro provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and power generation services to E&P companies...
ProPetro provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and power generation services to E&P companies concentrated in the Permian Basin. Revenue comes from completion services billed to upstream operators; the top five customers (ExxonMobil at 24.9%, Occidental at 13.7%, EOG at 12.1%) accounted for 68.2% of 2025 revenue.