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Cross Border Resources

XBOR
34
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$5,201
Winston Score
34
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+750.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.5M (2010) → 21.0M (2014)

Cross Border Resources is a small oil and gas company that finds and produces crude oil and natural gas. It focuses on exploration and production activities, primarily targeting resource plays in North America. The company sells its output to energy buyers such as refiners and midstream operators.

Cross Border Resources earns money by selling the oil and natural gas it pulls out of the ground. Its high gross margin suggests low production costs relative to commodity prices, but a negative operating margin means overhead and other expenses are currently eating into those gains. The company is very small, with a market cap near zero, which limits its access to capital and makes it highly sensitive to swings in oil and gas prices — its biggest ongoing risk. Until it can grow production volumes and control costs, reaching consistent profitability will remain a challenge.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-58.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-113.4% 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

86.6%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$715,382 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Cross Border Resources's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
48.4%
Healthy — 48.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
7.8%
Modest — 7.8% operating margin
ROCE
0.4%
Weak — 0.4% 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
-22.4%
Shrinking sales (-22.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
-224.6%
Earnings shrinking (-224.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
45.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (45.5%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.47
Conservative — low debt load (0.47)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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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
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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