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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-235692"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNOW"
cik: "0001599617"
company_name: "DNOW Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:36:54.256549+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NOW Inc. reports Q2 2021 revenue $400M, net loss $2M, zero debt

## Summary
- Revenue $400M, sequential growth 11%; record gross margins.
- Net loss $2M ($0.02 diluted loss per share); non-GAAP net income nil.
- Non-GAAP EBITDA excluding other costs $6M; free cash flow $7M.
- Cash $293M, total liquidity $528M, no long-term debt.
- CEO cites stronger-than-anticipated performance, positioning for organic and inorganic growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-235692
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNOW
- cik: 0001599617
- company_name: DNOW Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312521235692/0001193125-21-235692-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312521235692/d210029d8k.htm

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