Stock Ratings / Consumer Discretionary / FET / financials

HMH (47) FLOC (73) OIS (52) INVX (76) ⌘ Pro Terminal →

Forum Energy Technologies Inc. (FET) Revenue-to-Profit Sankey Flow & SEC XBRL Financials

$88.76 -2.37% NYSE • Live Quote vs Prior Daily Close (Synced Snapshot) EXT / AFTER-HRS: $88.21

Forum Energy Technologies Inc. (FET) carries a Roarable Rating of D (Sell) with 46/100 RQD Confidence due to weak cash-flow efficiency and sensitivity to current interest rates. Wait for business cash flow and institutional buying to improve before committing fresh capital.

📊 Historical Track Record Warning: Scores below 50 (46/100 · D) historically underperformed SPY in 71% of rolling 90-day windows →

ROARABLE D • SELL / AVOID Cap $1.02B

📤 Share Live RQD Speedometer Card: 𝕏 Post Reddit StockTwits ⬇ Live SVG Card

⚡ INSTANT AI QUANT PREVIEW • $0 FREE TIER Click Any Pre-Computed AI Quant Specialist Briefing on FET Below — or Connect Your Own ChatGPT / Claude

🤖 Mara Quenwick • AI Quant Lead (Click for Instant Brief) Is FET stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell right now according to Roarable's RQD model?

▼

As of 2026-11-01, Forum Energy Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FET) is rated D (Sell / SELL) by Roarable's 5-pillar RQD engine with a composite confidence score of 46/100 at a spot price of $88.76 (-2.37% 1D, market cap $1.02B). Pillar breakdown: Fundamental Cash Engine 8/20, Institutional 13F & Options Flow 5/20, Executive Insider Alignment 10/20, FRED Macro Regime Fit 11/20, and SEC Balance-Sheet Forensics 12/20. Across 1011 tracked Consumer Discretionary issuers, FET ranks #729 in composite RQD confidence.

✓ Pre-computed one-to-many AI Quant brief

🤖 Ellis Vennor • AI Peer & Flow Quant (Click for Instant Brief) How does FET compare to HMH and FLOC in the Consumer Discretionary sector?

▼

Within the Consumer Discretionary sector (Oil and Gas Field Machinery), FET carries a Roarable D (46/100 RQD), trailing P/E of N/A, gross margin of 27.7%, and ROIC of 6.1%. By comparison, HMH (HMH Holding Inc. (Class A)) holds a D grade (47/100 RQD, P/E N/A, ROIC —, cap $823.2M) and FLOC (Flowco Holdings Inc. (Class A)) posts a B grade (73/100 RQD, P/E 43.8x, ROIC 30.0%, cap $1.81B). Among the 5-stock peer group, INVX leads on earnings multiple (25.2x) while FLOC leads on capital efficiency (30.0% ROIC).

✓ Pre-computed one-to-many AI Quant brief

🤖 Gideon Ashmere • AI SEC 10-K Forensics (Click for Instant Brief) What are the biggest fundamental strengths and SEC risk factors for FET?

▼

Per FET's SEC EDGAR XBRL 10-K filing (FY2025, filed 2025-12-31, CIK 0001401257), Forum Energy Technologies Inc. generated $791.5M in revenue (-3.1% YoY), -$9.7M in net income, and $64.4M in free cash flow against $752.5M in total assets and $134.5M in total debt. Key quantitative strengths: Established market leader in Consumer Discretionary with deep daily trading liquidity.. Primary risk factors monitored: Recent SEC filings added new risk-factor disclosures that warrant keeping an eye on margins.. Institutional options positioning shows a 50% call / 50% put premium split.

✓ Pre-computed one-to-many AI Quant brief

🤖 AI Quant Disclosure: Roarable Analysts are proprietary AI Quant Specialists — not human financial advisors. Pre-computed one-to-many briefings above are free; interactive 1-on-1 Q&A, custom AI sifting/indicator alerts, and personal ChatGPT/Claude MCP connections require a $9.95/mo Pro account (currently waitlist-only).

INTERACTIVE SCENARIO DECK:

🛡️ Portfolio Crash X-Ray

EXT / AFTER-HRS: $88.21 (-0.62%)🧬 Cannibal Buyback (-1.24% YoY Shares)⚙️ Cash Engine: 8/20 (D-) • 8.1% FCF Margin

Verify 90D Bucket Audit →

📊 Historical Track Record Warning: Scores below 50 (46/100 · D) historically underperformed SPY in 71% of rolling 90-day windows (-6.1% avg 90D alpha vs SPY • 29.0% hit rate).

Audit Bucket Track Record →

RQD QUANT TACHOMETERSELL / AVOID • D

3-of-3 JEV AI Jury Bearish Warning

Cash

SEC

Whale

Impersonal quantitative research (0–100 RQD rubric) — not individualized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Full Disclaimer

5-PILLAR SNOWFLAKE RADARRw D- · Rk D+

Each axis scored 0–20

12M PRICE TARGET CONE-5.4% Base Target

WHALE OPTIONS SNAPSHOT: — (No Active Options Snapshot on file for FET)Realized 20D OHLCV Swing Band: ±11.6%

Deterministic 5-Pillar Attribution (46/100 Composite)

🔍 WHY FET SCORES 46/100 (D) — TOP 3 DRIVERS2 Bullish Pillars + #1 Risk Drag

▲ #1 Bullish Driver: Insider Conviction & Share Dilution+12/20 pts (26% of score)

SEC Form 4 / 13F Thermometer: 60% Net Buy • Cannibal Buyback (-1.24% YoY Shares)

▲ #2 Bullish Driver: Macro Regime Fit+11/20 pts (24% of score)

FRED Regime × Technicals: 95% of 52W Range • RSI-14 at 50.7 (NEUTRAL RANGE)

▼ #1 Drag / Risk Factor: Whale & Options Positioning5/20 pts (-15 pt drag)

Put hedging (50% put share) caps near-term gamma upside (-15 pts vs max)

📈 PAST 4 QUARTERS RQD vs SUBSEQUENT RETURNQ1 → Q2 → Q3 → Current

Q1 (-3Q)

Grade E$84.61-7% Next Q

Q2 (-2Q)

Grade D$78.70+10.8% Next Q

Q3 (-1Q)

Grade D$87.17+1.8% Next Q

Current

Grade D$88.76-6.1% Hist 90D α

Trajectory: E (38) → D (46)Full Audit →

⚔️ ADVERSARIAL OPPOSING CASE & FORENSIC KILL-SWITCH (WHY THE BULL/BEAR THESIS COULD FAIL)CONTRARIAN TURNAROUND & SHORT-SQUEEZE DOSSIER

⚔️ Adversarial Opposing Case: What Could Spark a FET Turnaround Squeeze

Gideon Ashmere Forensic Desk →

While FET currently carries a cautious 46/100 (D) rating due to Whale & Options Positioning (5/20), shorts face asymmetric squeeze risk if free cash flow inflects or management executes accretive buybacks.

🚀 Contrarian Squeeze Trigger #1

Established market leader in Consumer Discretionary with deep daily trading liquidity.

🚀 Contrarian Squeeze Trigger #2

Options & Short-Covering Gamma: Reclaiming the 50-day SMA ($82.56) and Max Pain ($93.20) forces dealer call-delta covering toward $99.08.

🚀 Contrarian Squeeze Trigger #3

Forensic Repair Trigger: Halting share dilution (Cannibal Buyback (-1.24% YoY Shares)) or retiring high-cost debt immediately upgrades the SEC 10-K Forensic pillar.

🎲 LIVE PREDICTION MARKET ODDS TIED TO $FET• $2.4M Crowd Pool • Kalshi / Polymarket Composite

Contract: “FET Beats Next Quarter EPS Consensus (Dec 30, 2026) & Holds Above 200D SMA”

YES 46%NO 54%Trade / Inspect Odds →

VISUAL REVENUE-TO-PROFIT SANKEY WATERFALL • FY 2025 (10-K)

How FET Turns Every Dollar of Sales Into Real Bottom-Line Profit

Free Cash Flow:$64.4M (8.1% FCF Margin)

Multi-Year SEC EDGAR XBRL Revenue, Net Profit & Free Cash Flow Trajectory

■ Revenue■ Net Profit■ Free Cash Flow

FY23

Rev $738.9M

FY24

Rev $816.4M

FY25

Rev $791.5M

Fiscal Year	Revenue	Gross Margin	Op Margin	Net Profit	Free Cash Flow	ROIC %
FY 2025	$791.5M	27.7%	3.8%	-$9.7M	$64.4M	6.1%
FY 2024	$816.4M	31.2%	-10.6%	-$135.3M	$84.0M	-14.8%
FY 2023	$738.9M	27.7%	2.8%	-$18.9M	$8.2M	6.1%

ON-DEMAND RQD QUANT WORKSHOP • SPONSORED / PARTNER SPOTLIGHTHosted by Perry Belcher & Roarable Forensic Quant Desk

Red-Light Warning Desk: Spotting SEC Cash-Flow & Dilution Risks Before Downgrades (Featuring FET)

✓Walkthrough of FET's RQD Radar, SEC cash-conversion gap & downside invalidation levels
✓3 asymmetric Bear/Hedge frameworks when 10-year Treasury yields stay elevated
✓Includes nightly RQD rating-change & forensic signal email alerts on your tracked stocks

RQD INSIDER CLUB WAITLIST$49/YR PLANNED

Want Custom AI PineScript / Python Indicators & Priority Rating-Change Alerts?

Join Founding VIP Waitlist (No Card Required) →$100K Arena

FET // CANDLESTICK & AUTO-TRENDLINE WORKSTATION6M: +41.18%⚡ TESTING RESISTANCE

2026-10-30O $84.20H $88.76L $82.50C $88.76VOL 257.0K

RES: $91.38SUP: $77.24SMA50: $82.56SMA200: $62.96

PRIMARY-SOURCE FORENSICS, SECOND-ORDER LINKS & AI ANALYST DESK

FET Dilution Monitor, Expectations Hurdle, Butterfly Connections & Policy Exposure

🦋 FET Butterfly Map → + Track FET →

Share Count & Dilution Monitor (#25)

Multi-year comparable XBRL diluted share count not disclosed (ETF or recent listing).

Reverse-DCF Expectations Hurdle (#30)

30.2%/yr Implied 5Y Growth

vs. -3.1% actual YoY revenue growth (assuming 9.25% cost of equity & 16.5x terminal multiple).

Ellis Vennor Setup Ledger (#33)

No active Ellis Vennor swing setup published on FET today. View full Setup Ledger →

🦋 Documented & Second-Order Butterfly Connections Open Graph →

No direct multi-tier Butterfly edges indexed yet for FET. Explore sector supply chains on /butterfly.

AI Analyst Theses, Washington Policy & Company Video

🎬 No recent verified company-specific video clip queued for FET today (we never pad ticker pages with unrelated generic clips). Browse Macro Video Desk →

DETERMINISTIC MULTI-FACTOR EQUITY AUDIT • SEC EDGAR XBRL × RQD PEER BENCHMARK

📊 Quantitative Sector Peer Comparison, SEC Filing Delta & Investment FAQ (FET)

Consumer Discretionary Rank #729 of 1011 ⚔️ HMH vs FET Full Matrix →

1. Head-to-Head Consumer Discretionary Peer Comparison (FET vs. HMH, FLOC, OIS, INVX)

Industry: Oil and Gas Field Machinery (17 Tracked Issuers)

Across 1011 tracked Consumer Discretionary securities in the Roarable RQD universe, Forum Energy Technologies Inc. (FET) ranks #729 by composite RQD confidence (46/100, grade D) and #509 by equity capitalization ($1.02B). Within this direct 5-issuer industry benchmark cohort, INVX leads on earnings valuation at 25.2x trailing P/E, while FLOC leads on capital efficiency and profitability with 30.0% ROIC and — gross margin. INVX currently holds the highest overall quantitative score in the immediate peer group at 76/100 (B+) compared with FET at 46/100 (D).

Ticker / Company	Roarable Grade	RQD Score	Trailing P/E	Gross Margin	ROIC	1D Change	Market Cap	Head-to-Head
FET ACTIVE Forum Energy Technologies Inc.	D	46/100	—	27.7%	6.1%	-2.37%	$1.02B	Benchmark Subject
HMH HMH Holding Inc. (Class A)	D	47/100	—	—	—	-1.53%	$823.2M	/hmh-vs-fet →
FLOC Flowco Holdings Inc. (Class A)	B	73/100	43.8x	—	30.0%	-1.47%	$1.81B	/floc-vs-fet →
OIS Oil States International Inc.	D+	52/100	—	19.9%	-15.4%	-1.20%	$547.7M	/ois-vs-fet →
INVX Innovex International Inc.	B+	76/100	25.2x	31.0%	9.9%	-1.22%	$2.10B	/invx-vs-fet →

2. Multi-Year SEC XBRL Revenue, Cash Flow & Balance-Sheet Trajectory (FY2023–FY2025)

SEC EDGAR 10-K • FILED 2025-12-31 • CIK 0001401257

In its most recent audited fiscal period (FY2025, filed 2025-12-31), Forum Energy Technologies Inc. (FET) reported GAAP revenue of $791.5M (-3.1% vs. FY2024 revenue of $816.4M , and +7.1% cumulative change since FY2023) , GAAP net income of -$9.7M, operating cash flow of $70.4M, and free cash flow of $64.4M (-23.4% YoY). On the balance sheet, FET closed FY2025 with $752.5M in total assets against $134.5M in total debt (Altman Z-Score: 1.32, Piotroski F-Score: 7/9).

Fiscal Period	Filing Date	Revenue	Net Income	Operating Cash Flow	Free Cash Flow	Total Assets	Total Debt
FY2025 (FY)	2025-12-31	$791.5M	-$9.7M	$70.4M	$64.4M	$752.5M	$134.5M
FY2024 (FY)	2024-12-31	$816.4M	-$135.3M	$92.2M	$84.0M	$816.0M	$186.5M
FY2023 (FY)	2023-12-31	$738.9M	-$18.9M	$8.2M	$8.2M	—	—

3. FET Data-Verified Investor FAQ (RQD Rating, Sector Peers, SEC Forensics & Technicals)

✓ SCHEMA.ORG FAQPAGE JSON-LD ENABLED

Is FET stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell right now according to Roarable's RQD model?

How does FET compare to HMH and FLOC in the Consumer Discretionary sector?

What are the biggest fundamental strengths and SEC risk factors for FET?

Where is FET trading relative to its 50-day, 200-day, and 52-week technical levels?

FET last traded at $88.76 (-2.37% on volume of 156,615 shares), positioning the stock +7.51% above its 50-day simple moving average ($82.56) and +40.98% above its 200-day simple moving average ($62.96). Across its 52-week range of $26.58 to $91.99, FET sits at the 95.1% percentile with a 14-day RSI of 50.7 (NEUTRAL RANGE) and an implied next-earnings move of ±11.6% ($78.46 to $99.06).