Halcon Resources Corp Stock Upgraded (HK)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Halcon Resources (NYSE:HK) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from sell to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 12.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.3%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• The current debt-to-equity ratio, 0.35, is low and is below the industry average, implying that there has been successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 29.17, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
• Compared to other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, HALCON RESOURCES CORP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 236.2% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$9.91 million to -$33.32 million.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$9.20 million or 318.81% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.

Halcon Resources Corporation, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, production, exploration, and development of onshore oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Halcon has a market cap of $1.36 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are down 26.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

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-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff

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