Advantage Energy

AAVVF

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Price

$7.46

-0.07 (-0.93%)

Market Cap

$1.25B

Exchange

Other OTC

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−14.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 198.6M (2021) → 170.2M (2025)

Advantage Energy Ltd. is a Canadian oil and gas company that drills for and produces natural gas and natural gas liquids. Its main asset is the Montney Formation in Alberta, one of the largest and lowest-cost natural gas reservoirs in North America. The company sells its gas to utilities, industrial buyers, and energy marketers across Canada.

Advantage makes money by extracting and selling natural gas and liquids, earning more when commodity prices are high. It operates almost entirely in Alberta, making it a focused, single-basin producer with a relatively low cost structure — which helps it stay profitable even when gas prices fall. The biggest risk the company faces is its heavy exposure to natural gas prices, which can swing sharply; a prolonged period of low prices, like the weak AECO benchmark pricing that has historically pressured Canadian producers, could significantly reduce cash flow and limit its ability to invest in growth.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-7.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+205.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

13.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 months

$69M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Advantage Energy has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

64.2%

Premium pricing power — 64.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

22.6%

Excellent — 22.6% operating margin

ROCE

1.8%

Weak — 1.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.4%

Slow sales growth (5.4% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

315%

Turns 315% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

-15.5%

Burning cash (-15.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.49

Conservative — low debt load (0.49)

Interest Cover

1.37x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

11.2x

Attractive valuation — P/E 11.2

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+1.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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