Provides hydraulic fracturing services to oil and gas companies. Offers completion services for unconventional oil and natural gas wells. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
Average growth of 26% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.5× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 12% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 6% above today's price.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 80% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Our checks did not surface a specific strength to highlight here.
A loss of $369M against $1.9B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, ACDC sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: ACDC has solid sales but closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.