Winchester Energy Limited

WCHEF

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Price

$0.00

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$1.8M

Exchange

Other OTC

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+69.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 840.6M (2021) → 1.42B (2025)

Winchester Energy Limited is a small oil and gas exploration and production company focused on finding and extracting crude oil in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The company drills wells and sells the oil it produces to refiners and commodity buyers. It operates in one of the most well-known oil-producing regions in the United States.

Winchester makes money by selling crude oil at market prices, which means its revenue rises and falls with global oil prices. It is a very small company with a market cap near zero, giving it limited financial resources compared to larger Permian Basin operators like Pioneer or ExxonMobil. The company's negative margins and weak returns on capital suggest it is currently spending more than it earns, and its main risk is that low oil prices or high drilling costs could make it difficult to reach profitability or secure the funding needed to keep operations running.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-19.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+12.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

67.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$516,383 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Winchester Energy Limited'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

-16.6%

Thin — -16.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

-84.9%

Losing money on operations — -84.9%

ROCE

-12.1%

Weak — -12.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-69.8%

Shrinking sales (-69.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-2.5%

Burning cash (-2.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

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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