Discover new reserves of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas through geological surveys and exploration activities. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
No real growth (3% a year). Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
The gap is $2.7B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 12.9× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
The stock trades 20% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
The net profit margin is 18% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
It pays out $0.38 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
This stock swings about 2.8 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew only 3% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.
One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.