Crescent Energy Company

CRGY

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Price

$10.75

+0.37 (+3.56%)

Market Cap

$3.55B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+44.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 169.5M (2021) → 245.1M (2025)

Crescent Energy is an oil and natural gas company that finds, buys, and produces energy from underground reserves. It sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids mainly to refiners, utilities, and energy traders. The company focuses on established producing basins across the United States, including the Eagle Ford in Texas and the Uinta Basin in Utah.

Crescent makes money by selling the oil and gas it pulls out of the ground, with revenue tied directly to commodity prices. It operates entirely in the U.S. and has grown largely by acquiring existing producing assets rather than drilling risky new wells from scratch — a strategy that lowers exploration risk but requires ongoing deal-making to replace depleting reserves. The biggest risk the company faces is falling oil and gas prices, which can quickly shrink margins and make its debt load harder to manage.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+24.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

30.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~0 months

$10M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Crescent Energy Company 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.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

91.4%

Premium pricing power — 91.4% gross margin

Operating Margin

27.7%

Excellent — 27.7% operating margin

ROCE

3.3%

Weak — 3.3% 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

+18.3%

Fast-growing sales (18.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

8.1%

Modest free cash flow (8.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.12

Elevated debt (1.12)

Interest Cover

1.48x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.5x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.62%

Healthy income — 4.62% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

Dividend flat

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