Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for NOV (NOV)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of NOV (NYSE: NOV) in the last few weeks:

• 12/15/2025 – NOV was given a new $16.00 price target on by analysts at Morgan Stanley.
• 12/11/2025 – NOV had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $16.00 to $17.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/10/2025 – NOV had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/4/2025 – NOV had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/12/2025 – NOV had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $14.00 to $16.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 11/11/2025 – NOV had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $14.00 to $13.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 11/5/2025 – NOV had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $12.00 to $14.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – NOV had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $11.00 to $14.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/29/2025 – NOV had its price target raised by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $17.00 to $19.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/29/2025 – NOV had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from $17.00 to $19.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2025 – NOV had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc.. They now have a $17.00 price target on the stock.

NOV Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.075 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 5th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.9%. NOV’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Christian S. Kendall acquired 70,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 21st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $14.46 per share, with a total value of $1,012,200.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 85,949 shares in the company, valued at $1,242,822.54. This trade represents a 438.90% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.08% of the company’s stock.

NOV Inc designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Energy Equipment, and Energy Products and Services. The company provides solids control and waste management equipment and services, managed pressure drilling, drilling fluids, premium drillpipe, wired pipe, drilling optimization services, tubular inspection and coating services, instrumentation, downhole tools, and drill bits.