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WHD is not a good buy right now for an impatient investor. The chart is in a bullish uptrend, but price (56.23) is sitting just below near-term resistance (R1=56.76) and roughly at/above the latest Wall Street price targets ($55–$56), which limits immediate upside while momentum is starting to cool. I would wait for a pullback closer to the pivot (~54.82) before buying; without that, the risk/reward for buying today is not attractive.
Trend/structure: Bullish alignment with SMA_5 > SMA_20 > SMA_200 indicates an established uptrend. Momentum: MACD histogram is positive (0.0754) but positively contracting, suggesting upside momentum is slowing rather than accelerating. RSI: RSI_6 at 64.66 is neutral-to-warm (not overbought yet), but it’s close enough to imply limited room before short-term exhaustion. Levels: Pivot 54.816 is the key “buy-the-dip” area; immediate resistance is R1 56.76 then R2 57.961. With price at 56.23, upside to first resistance is relatively small compared with downside back to pivot/support. Pattern-based bias: Similar-pattern stats show a ~70% chance of a small dip (-0.5%) next day, but a modest positive bias over 1 week (+2.17%) and 1 month (+1.04%), aligning with ‘uptrend but choppy/late-stage’ behavior.
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on 2026-02-26 after hours (Est. EPS 0.
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is already around/above the most recent stated targets ($55–$56), reducing the immediate ‘analyst-driven’ upside runway.
while MACD is contracting, increasing the odds of consolidation or pullback.
Latest quarter: 2025/Q3. Growth trend: Revenue fell to 263.954M (-9.97% YoY), net income declined to 41.624M (-16.63% YoY), and EPS decreased to 0.60 (-3.23% YoY). Profitability: Gross margin came down to 36.8 (down 5.62% YoY), indicating margin compression alongside the revenue decline. Overall, the latest quarter reflects a downcycle/slow patch rather than accelerating growth momentum.
Recent trend: Ratings improved in December 2025. Citi upgraded WHD from Neutral to Buy (PT raised to $55 from $45). Barclays maintained Overweight and raised PT to $56 from $51. Wall Street pros: (1) View that the industry is at/near the bottom of a two-year downcycle, setting up better performance into 2026; (2) Middle East outlook and acquisition synergies as drivers. Wall Street cons: (1) Barclays still frames the broader cycle as plateauing (sector neutral overall); (2) With the stock already near/above the newest targets, near-term upside appears priced in unless fundamentals re-accelerate. Influential/political trading: No recent congress trading data available; hedge fund and insider trend signals are neutral.