{"url_path":"/sec/nov/10-k/2026/item-5","section_key":"item-5","section_title":"Item 5 MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-02-12","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/0001193125-26-048350-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-048350","cik":"0001021860","ticker":"NOV","issuer_name":"NOV Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/0001193125-26-048350-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001021860","primary_entity_name":"NOV Inc."},"word_count":596,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES\n\nMarket Information\n\nOur common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “NOV”. As of February 6, 2026, there were 1,256 holders of record of our common stock. Many stockholders choose to own shares through brokerage accounts and other intermediaries rather than as holders of record (excluding individual participants in securities positions listing) so the actual number of stockholders is unknown but significantly higher.\n\nCash dividends declared and paid were $0.075 per share in each quarter of 2025 and a supplemental dividend of $0.21 per share was declared and paid in the second quarter of 2025, totaling $190 million cash dividends declared and paid for the year ended December 31, 2025. For the year ended December 31, 2024, cash dividends declared and paid was $0.05 per share in the first quarter, and $0.075 per share in each of the remaining quarters, totaling $108 million. The declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, future outlook and other factors deemed relevant by the Company’s Board of Directors.\n\nThe information relating to our equity compensation plans required by Item 5. “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities” is incorporated by reference to such information as set forth in Item 12. “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” contained herein.\n\n26\n\n \n\nPERFORMANCE GRAPH\n\nThe graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock to the S&P 500 Index, the S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Index, the PHLX Oil Service Index, and the S&P Oil & Gas Equipment Index. The total shareholder return assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2020 in NOV Inc., the S&P 500 Index, the S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Index, the PHLX Oil Service Index, and the S&P Oil & Gas Equipment Index. It also assumes reinvestment of all dividends. The results shown in the graph below are not necessarily indicative of future performance.\n\n \n\n \n\n12/20\n\n \n\n \n\n12/21\n\n \n\n \n\n12/22\n\n \n\n \n\n12/23\n\n \n\n \n\n12/24\n\n \n\n \n\n12/25\n\n \n\nNOV Inc.\n\n \n\n \n\n100.00\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n99.09\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n154.31\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n151.46\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n110.87\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n123.36\n\n \n\nS&P 500\n\n \n\n \n\n100.00\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n128.71\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n105.40\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n133.10\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n166.40\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n196.16\n\n \n\nS&P 500 Oil & Gas Equipment & Services\n\n \n\n \n\n100.00\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n127.56\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n210.24\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n214.06\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n186.98\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n200.63\n\n \n\nPHLX Oil Service Sector\n\n \n\n \n\n100.00\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n120.74\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n194.98\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n198.71\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n175.53\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n181.73\n\n \n\nS&P Oil & Gas Equipment Select Industry\n\n \n\n \n\n100.00\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n112.24\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n182.41\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n195.34\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n185.27\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n196.44\n\n \n\n \n\nThis information shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the Commission or subject to Regulation 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-1-240.14a-104), other than as provided in Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K, or to the liabilities of section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r).\n\n27\n\n \n\nPurchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers\n\nPeriod\n\n \n\nTotal number\nof shares\npurchased\n\n \n\n \n\nAverage\nprice paid\nper share\n\n \n\n \n\nTotal number of\nshares purchased\nas part of publicly\nannounced plans\nor programs (1)\n\n \n\n \n\nApproximate dollar\nvalue of shares that\nmay yet be purchased\nunder the plans or\nprograms (1)\n\n \n\nOctober 1 through October 31, 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n1,752,897\n\n \n\n \n\n$\n\n13.10\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1,752,897\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n517,796,332\n\n \n\nNovember 1 through November 30, 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n1,286,728\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n15.07\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1,286,728\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n498,401,879\n\n \n\nDecember 1 through December 31, 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n2,675,977\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n15.77\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n2,675,977\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n456,193,440\n\n \n\nTotal\n\n \n\n \n\n5,715,602\n\n \n\n \n\n$\n\n14.80\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n5,715,602\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(1) On April 25, 2024, the Company established a share repurchase program for up to $1 billion of the currently outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock over a period of 36 months.\n\n28"}