NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) - Get Report were falling 6.5% to $4.19 Monday after the oil company announced and priced a public offering of 12 million shares of common stock.

Goodrich Petroleum priced the 12 million shares of common stock in its public offering at $4.15 a share.

The company said it expects net proceeds of about $49.3 million from the public offering. Goodrich Petroleum plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay offering under its credit facility, and for general corporate purposes.

JP Morgan Securities is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering.

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Goodrich Petroleum expects the public offering to settle and close on March 5, 2015.

Falling oil prices may also contribute to Goodrich Petroleum's falling share prices. West Texas crude oil for April delivery was falling 1.2% to $49.19 a barrel Monday morning, and Brent crude oil for April delivery was falling 2.5% to $61.03 a barrel.

Oil prices were falling due to a stronger U.S. dollar, and rising crude output from Libyan, according to Reuters.

TheStreet Ratings team rates GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:

"We rate GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP (GDP) a SELL. This is driven by several weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share."

Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:

• 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 194.3% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$27.09 million to -$79.71 million.
• The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 2.84 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. Along with this, the company manages to maintain a quick ratio of 0.41, which clearly demonstrates the inability to cover short-term cash needs.
• Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
• Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 67.14%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 120.22% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Naturally, the overall market trend is bound to be a significant factor. However, in one sense, the stock's sharp decline last year is a positive for future investors, making it cheaper (in proportion to its earnings over the past year) than most other stocks in its industry. But due to other concerns, we feel the stock is still not a good buy right now.
• GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. The company has reported a trend of declining earnings per share over the past two years. However, the consensus estimate suggests that this trend should reverse in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP reported poor results of -$2.99 versus -$2.48 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings (-$1.97 versus -$2.99).
• You can view the full analysis from the report here: GDP Ratings Report