Should I Buy NINE? NINE 2026 Analysis

Should You Buy Nine Energy Service Inc (NINE) Today? Analysis, Price Targets, and 2026 Outlook.

Conclusion

Hold

Latest Price

0.590

1 Day change

-8.44%

52 Week Range

1.550

Analysis Updated At

2026/01/30

Not a good buy right now. NINE is showing short-term momentum (positive, expanding MACD) but is already pushing into near-term resistance (R1 ~0.638) with RSI(6) ~70.8 (stretched). With no Intellectia buy signals today, no fresh news catalyst, and fundamentals still pressured (revenue and gross margin down), an impatient buyer has poor immediate risk/reward at current pre-market levels (~0.61). Best stance: HOLD/avoid new entry until price reclaims and holds above ~0.64–0.70 on strength or pulls back closer to support (~0.54).

Technical Analysis

Pre-market: 0.61 (-4.69%) while SP500 is -0.7% (relative weakness this morning). Momentum is improving: MACD histogram +0.0189 and expanding (bullish). However, RSI_6 is elevated at ~70.77, suggesting the stock is short-term extended. Moving averages are converging (trend not firmly established). Key levels: Pivot 0.543 (near-term support/decision level), S1 0.447, S2 0.388; Resistance R1 0.638 (near current), R2 0.697. Pattern-based projection provided: ~0.85% next day, ~1.2% next week, ~15.59% next month (skewed toward a longer swing rather than an immediate pop). Intellectia Proprietary Trading Signals - [AI Stock Picker](module://ai_stock_pick): No signal on given stock today. - [SwingMax](module://swingmax): No signal on given stock today.

Options Data

Bullish

Open Interest Put-Call Ratio

Bullish

Option Volume Put-Call Ratio

Options positioning looks cautiously bullish on open interest (put/call OI 0.21 = call-heavy), while today’s volume put/call of 0.86 is closer to neutral (slightly more put activity relative to calls than OI suggests). Activity is elevated versus typical levels (today volume vs 30D avg ~31.13; today OI vs avg ~125.6), implying increased attention/speculation. Volatility: very high in absolute terms (30D IV ~127.77; HV ~139.78) but low vs its own recent range (IV percentile ~19.2; IV rank ~10.43), suggesting IV is not “peak panic,” though the underlying remains highly volatile.

Technical Summary

Sell

Buy

Positive Catalysts

Hedge funds are reportedly buying with the buying amount up ~361.59% QoQ (supportive sentiment/positioning). Options open interest is call-heavy (bullish skew). Earnings date is upcoming (2026-02-05 pre-market), which can act as a catalyst if results/guide surprise positively. Losses are narrowing YoY (net income and EPS improved from very weak levels).

Neutral/Negative Catalysts

with RSI elevated, increasing odds of a near-term pullback/rejection. Micro-cap size (~$23.93M) typically amplifies volatility into earnings.

Financial Performance

Latest quarter: 2025/Q3. Revenue fell to ~$132.0M (-4.44% YoY), indicating top-line contraction. Net income improved to -$14.65M (loss narrowed, +44.41% YoY improvement), and EPS improved to -$0.35 (+34.62% YoY improvement). However, gross margin dropped to ~8.9% (-21.59% YoY), a clear negative trend that can limit any rally durability unless it stabilizes. Overall: improving loss profile, but weakening sales and margin are a headwind.

Growth

Profitability

Efficiency

Analyst Ratings and Price Target Trends

No analyst rating/price target change data was provided, so a recent trend summary cannot be confirmed. Wall Street pro/con view cannot be reliably assessed from the dataset. Other influential activity: insiders are neutral (no significant recent trend). No recent Congress trading data in the last 90 days.

Analyst Rating

Wall Street analysts forecast NINE stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for NINE is 0 USD with a low forecast of 0 USD and a high forecast of 0 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

Buy