ChampionX Corp (NASDAQ: CHX) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 4.35 compared to its previous closing price of 24.84. However, the company has seen a gain of 5.11% in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2025-05-08 that THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ChampionX Corporation (Nasdaq: CHX) (“ChampionX”) announced today its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.095 per share on the company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be paid on July 25, 2025 to shareholders of record on July 3, 2025 (the “Record Date”). As previously announced, on April 2, 2024, ChampionX entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Schlumberger Limited (“SLB”), Sodium Holdco, Inc. and Sodium Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions therein, Merger Sub will be merged with and into ChampionX (the “Merger”), with ChampionX surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SLB.
Is It Worth Investing in ChampionX Corp (NASDAQ: CHX) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for ChampionX Corp (NASDAQ: CHX) is above average at 17.11x, Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.50.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CHX is 188.87M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.38% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of CHX on July 02, 2025 was 4.27M shares.
CHX’s Market Performance
CHX’s stock has seen a 5.11% increase for the week, with a 7.69% rise in the past month and a -13.02% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.73%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.79% for ChampionX Corp The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 1.92% for CHX’s stock, with a -7.94% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CHX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CHX stocks, with Piper Sandler repeating the rating for CHX by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CHX in the upcoming period, according to Piper Sandler is $32 based on the research report published on January 08, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CHX reach a price target of $42, previously predicting the price at $33. The rating they have provided for CHX stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on October 17th, 2023.
CapitalOne gave a rating of “Overweight” to CHX, setting the target price at $40 in the report published on July 14th of the previous year.
CHX Trading at 3.11% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CHX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -27.88% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CHX starting from Bryant Deric D., who sale 49,303 shares at the price of $30.06 back on Nov 06 ’24. After this action, Bryant Deric D. now owns 337,409 shares of ChampionX Corp, valued at $1,482,053 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CHX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.13 for the present operating margin
- 0.33 for the gross margin
The net margin for ChampionX Corp stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.17. Equity return is now at value 16.16, with 8.59 for asset returns.
Based on ChampionX Corp (CHX), the company’s capital structure generated 0.25 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.74. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.34. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 8.4.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 750.97 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.18. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.42. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.56for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.02. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.25.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, ChampionX Corp (CHX) has experienced a mixed performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
