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Flotek Industries

FTK
42
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy
Price
$26.17
+0.35 (+1.36%)
Market Cap
$788.5M
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+195.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.2M (2021) → 36.2M (2025)

Flotek Industries is a small energy services company that helps oil and gas producers get more oil and gas out of the ground. It makes specialty chemicals — called chemistry technologies — that are pumped into wells during the drilling and completion process to improve how much fuel can be extracted. Its main customers are oil and gas companies operating in North America, particularly in shale basins across the United States.

Flotek earns revenue by selling these chemical products directly to energy producers and oilfield services companies. It operates primarily in the U.S., and with a market cap under $1 billion, it is a small player in a large, competitive industry. Its moat comes from proprietary chemical formulas and technical expertise, but the business is closely tied to oil and gas drilling activity — when energy companies cut spending during low oil price periods, demand for Flotek's products can drop sharply, which remains the key risk to its revenue.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+26.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-27.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$2M/ year

Rising (+6% vs prior year)

0.8% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

53.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~18 months

$6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue accelerating

Flotek Industries grew revenue 27% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
21.3%
Thin — 21.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
10.8%
Modest — 10.8% operating margin
ROCE
4.6%
Weak — 4.6% 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
+24.7%
Fast-growing sales (24.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+70.2%
Earnings growing fast (70.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-2%
Weak — only -2% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-1.2%
Burning cash (-1.2%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.39
Conservative — low debt load (0.39)
Interest Cover
5.98x
Adequate interest coverage (6.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
31.4x
Pricey — P/E 31.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+2.9
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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