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AMEXEnergyOil & Gas E&pSnapshot 2026-06-15
Recent financial performance sits well below its industry cohort — worth keeping an eye on, though it has not freshly broken.
Recent financial performance is weak, and management's recent track record has been unsteady, with frequent disruptive corporate changes. The company was unprofitable over the past year, so its earnings quality can't be assessed. Peer multiples imply a price about 56% above where it trades (it looks cheap on this basis); the read is cheap, value-trap risk, as it trades below peer multiples, but recent financials are weak or earnings quality is fragile, historically a value-trap pattern. If REI cuts guidance on the next call, that's a meaningful negative. This read is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 1 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $1.17. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $1.17 REI trades at 1× p/s, below its 2× p/s peer median. Our $2.66 fair value sits above the price; low confidence. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
The price sits about 56% below a flat-multiple fair value; not enough history to forecast a comparison. This describes what's priced in, not a forecast of the move.
TTM earnings are negative, so the read leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods rather than P/E. This is a data condition, not a forward call.
Only a turbulent sector regime (Heating) — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 1 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Energy names rated weak grew net income 60% of the time over the next year (vs 56% for the rest of the cohort, n=979).
Over the trailing year it converted -0.56x of net income into operating cash flow.
Not enough signal yet.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, the broad stock market, long-term interest rates, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, Fed net liquidity.
11 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by executive changes. Historically, Energy names rated volatile grew net income 45% of the time over the next year (vs 48% for the rest of the cohort, n=252).
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $0.03 → $0.04 (+33.3% / 30d). 1 raised, 0 cut, 1 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d. 100% of analysts rate Buy.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$290.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$690.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $4,116.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-15
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: Better revenue growth may show a change in how the company is doing. It could mean demand is rising or that operations are getting better.
Confirms:Q2 revenue growth turns positive year over year, exceeding 2%.
Disproves:Q2 revenue growth is at or below 0%. This shows that things are still not improving.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
No graded news catalysts for REI yet.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On May 4, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Sundip “Sonu” S. Johl as Principal Financial Officer of the Company in addition to his current positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Rocky Kwon previously served as Principal Financial Officer of the Company and will…
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
TTM earnings are negative. P/E-based methods drop out and the estimate leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods. A data condition, not a forward call.
Looks cheaper than most peers in the same business.
Self-history needs ~20 months of data.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Oil & Gas Exploration & Production.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
REI Ring Energy Inc | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 40 of 100 | inexpensive | high |
COP ConocoPhillips | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 91 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
EOG EOG Resources | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 95 of 100 | full | moderate |
OXY Occidental Petroleum | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 83 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
FANG Diamondback Energy | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 55 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-15.
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Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-15.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
Ring Energy aims to keep capital expenditures between $28 million and $36 million for the second quarter of 2026.
Stated in 2 of last 2 quarters. CAPEX guidance for Q2 2026 is $28-$36M, with a midpoint of $32M. The company is maintaining its capital allocation strategy, but financials show a net income decline from $5.7M in 2024-Q4 to -$220.6M in 2026-Q1, indicating limited progress in financial stability.
“Capital Program: Capital spending (millions) $28 - $36 Midpoint (millions) $32.”
“Capital Program: Capital spending (millions) $27 - $35 Midpoint (millions) $31.”
Ring Energy plans to manage operating expenses with Lease Operating Expenses (LOE) between $10 and $11 per Boe.
Stated in 2 of last 2 quarters. LOE guidance for 2026-Q2 is $10-$11 per Boe, with a midpoint of $10.50. Despite this focus, operating income has declined from $23.5M in 2025-Q2 to -$141.8M in 2026-Q1, showing limited progress in cost control.
“Operating Expenses: LOE (per Boe) $10.00 - $11.00 Midpoint (per Boe) $10.50.”
Ring Energy aims to increase cash generated from operating activities.
Stated in 3 of last 3 quarters. Cash from operations decreased from $44.7M in 2025-Q4 to $25.9M in 2026-Q1, indicating a decline in operational cash generation despite management's focus on increasing it.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On May 6, 2026, Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as ame…
Other Events. On May 12, 2026, Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), relating to its previously announced underwritten offering of 44,444,445 shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Underwritten Offering”). Under the terms of the Underwritin…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On March 4, 2026 , Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 5, 2026, Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) granted a restricted stock unit (“RSUs”) award for 317,460 RSUs (the “RSU Inducement Award”) and a performance stock unit (“PSUs”) award for 476,190 PSUs (for which up to 952,380 shares may be earned) (the “PSU Inducement Award” and with the RSU Inducement Award, the “Inducement Awards”) to Sonu J…
“Operating Expenses: LOE (per Boe) $10.05 - $11.05 Midpoint (per Boe) $10.55.”
“Cash from operating activities increased to $25.9M in 2026-Q1.”
“Cash from operating activities was $44.7M.”
“Cash from operating activities was $44.5M.”