Explores for and develops oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Produces and markets natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $7.2B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 14.2× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 91% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 16% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades near its peak today. For long-term holders the ride has paid off so far — though past performance guarantees nothing about the future.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 114 buys and 69 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $1.20 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew only 0% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
On our five-subject report card, OVV sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: OVV does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.