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Comstock Resources

CRK
63
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Winston Score
63
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Comstock Resources is an oil and natural gas company focused almost entirely on natural gas production. It drills for and extracts natural gas from the Haynesville Shale, a large underground rock formation stretching across Louisiana and East Texas. The Haynesville is one of the largest natural gas producing regions in the United States, and Comstock is one of its biggest operators.

The company makes money by selling the natural gas it produces to utilities, industrial buyers, and energy marketers. It operates almost exclusively in the United States, generating roughly $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Comstock carries a significant amount of debt, which it took on partly through its 2019 merger with Covey Park Energy, and that debt load is a key financial risk. Natural gas prices are volatile and heavily influence the company's earnings, so its performance depends largely on where gas prices move in the years ahead.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+190.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

73.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~0 months

$15M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Comstock Resources 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
93.4%
Premium pricing power — 93.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
29.8%
Excellent — 29.8% operating margin
ROCE
3.0%
Weak — 3.0% 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
+40.2%
Fast-growing sales (40.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
153%
Turns 153% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-23.4%
Burning cash (-23.4%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.08
Elevated debt (1.08)
Interest Cover
3.76x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.1x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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