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TGS ASA

TGSGY
30
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy
Price
$13.81
+0.36 (+2.68%)
Market Cap
$2.71B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
30
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+74.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 116.7M (2021) → 203.3M (2025)

TGS ASA is a Norwegian company that collects and sells data about the Earth's subsurface — basically detailed maps and information that oil and gas companies use to decide where to drill for oil and natural gas. Its main products are seismic data libraries, geological studies, and well data, sold primarily to energy exploration companies around the world. TGS is one of the largest non-exclusive geoscience data providers globally, meaning it sells the same data to multiple customers rather than working for just one client at a time.

TGS makes money by licensing access to its data libraries, charging energy companies fees to use the information rather than selling it outright. The company operates across major offshore basins worldwide, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, and generated roughly $700–800 million in annual revenue in recent years. Its main competitive advantage is its large, hard-to-replicate library of proprietary data, but its growth depends heavily on oil and gas exploration spending, which falls sharply when energy prices decline.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-41.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-214.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

8.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$184M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

TGS ASA'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
17.2%
Thin — 17.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
7.8%
Modest — 7.8% operating margin
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% 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
-20.5%
Shrinking sales (-20.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
-101.6%
Earnings shrinking (-101.6% YoY)

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

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
43.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (43.5%)

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
0.31
Conservative — low debt load (0.31)
Interest Cover
1.97x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (2.0x)

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/A
Data not available
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
4.52%
Healthy income — 4.52% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
+3.4%
Dividend growing modestly (3.4% YoY)

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