Penn West Petroleum Ltd Stock Downgraded (PWE)
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(NYSE:
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Highlights from the ratings report include:
- Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 38.98%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 148.27% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Despite the heavy decline in its share price, this stock is still more expensive (when compared to its current earnings) than most other companies in its industry.
- 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 148.6% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $138.00 million to -$67.00 million.
- Current return on equity is lower than its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of weakness within the company. Compared to other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $238.00 million or 44.39% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
- Despite currently having a low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, it is higher than that of the industry average, inferring that management of debt levels may need to be evaluated further. Even though the debt-to-equity ratio shows mixed results, the company's quick ratio of 0.50 is very low and demonstrates very weak liquidity.
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Penn West Petroleum Ltd., an exploration and production company, engages in acquiring, exploring, developing, exploiting, and holding interests in petroleum and natural gas properties and related assets in Western Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 5.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Penn West has a market cap of $5.57 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are down 41% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
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