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Drilling Tools International Corp. (DTI)

Energy

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Fundamental
3
Sentiment
2
Technical
2

Do Nothing: qualitativeScore is 2 (below the required floor of 3) — no chart pattern overrides the upstream qualitative disqualifier; liquidity is also untradeable (avgDollarVolume20 ~$512K vs the $5M floor, recent 3-session average ~$780K vs the $1.5M floor), so neither a pullback limit nor a breakout stop can be entered.

Analysis as of 2026-09-17· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

Drilling Tools International Corp. (DTI) provides specialized equipment and services to the oil and natural gas industry, operating in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The company offers a range of downhole products and advanced technologies for wellbore conditioning and friction reduction. Established in 1984, DTI is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Fundamental

fair
Fundamental3
Mixed profile

DTI shows strong gross/EBITDA margins but negative GAAP earnings and free cash flow, with moderate leverage and liquidity support.

Mixed profile: inexpensive on EV/EBITDA and supported by revolving-credit liquidity in the latest 10-Q, but GAAP earnings and trailing free cash flow are negative and risk metrics (low interest coverage and sub-2 Altman Z) are fragile for a cyclical oilfield-services business. Best treated as a higher-volatility watchlist/speculative value name until profitability and free cash flow show a clearer, sustained turn.

Sentiment

weak
Sentiment2
Absent setup

No actionable catalysts or retail momentum; sentiment remains neutral with no immediate trading opportunities.

No actionable catalyst in the 1–30 day window — official-PR and media scans surfaced only a routine EnerCom conference appearance and an unverifiable headline-only 'strategic acquisitions' item — while the sentiment delta is flat (both windows measured at neutral, ~0) on thin on-topic coverage and retail interest is absent. The Red-Flag Screen is clean, so the setup is absent and quiet rather than mixed.

Technical

weak
Technical2
Weak bounce-fade

DTI is in a persistent downtrend with weak short-term momentum and insufficient liquidity for trading.

DTI sits in a persistent 2026 downtrend (price 2.45 vs SMA200 2.98) with a fading mid-summer bounce. Short-term structure is rolling over: price is below the SMA20 (2.56), EMA9 (2.53), EMA21 (2.53), WMA21 (2.55), DEMA14 (2.54) and TEMA14 (2.50), and only marginally above the SMA50 (2.42). Momentum is deteriorating — RSI14 44.4 and sliding from 59, Williams %R -76.7, MACD line +0.02 but histogram -0.02 — while ADX14 18.3 shows no trend strength. ATR14 0.10 (4.1% of price) gives the name range, but the chart is a weak, bounce-only pattern (technicalScore 2). The trade plan is hard-blocked before any entry can be sized: qualitativeScore is 2 (below the required floor of 3; shadow branch not eligible) and liquidity is untradeable — 20-day average dollar volume ~$512K vs the $5M floor, with the recent 3-session average ~$780K vs the $1.5M recent-liquidity floor.

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