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This stock no longer trades (delisted November 22, 2022)

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Stock

Continental Resources

CLR
56
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Price
$74.27
+0.03 (+0.04%)
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
56
Historical score — this stock no longer trades, so the score is frozen at the last available data.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
23/30
Growth
Weak
4/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
10/10
Stability
Strong
7/10
Valuation
Mixed
3/10
Ownership
Not counted
n/a
Dividends
Weak
1/5

48 of 85 counted points = Winston Score 56. Pillars marked n/a do not apply to this company and are left out of the total.

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Continental Resources is a large American oil and gas company that finds and produces crude oil and natural gas from underground rock formations. It is one of the biggest producers in the Bakken shale region of North Dakota and Montana, and it also operates in Oklahoma's SCOOP and STACK plays. The company was founded by Harold Hamm, who remains closely involved in its leadership and took the company private in late 2022.

Continental makes money by selling the oil and natural gas it extracts to refiners, utilities, and commodity traders. It controls a massive acreage position across several prolific U.S. basins, giving it a large inventory of drilling locations and keeping production costs relatively low. As a private company, it has more flexibility in capital allocation than publicly traded peers, but its financial performance remains tied to volatile commodity prices, which represent the primary risk to its earnings and cash flow.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+22.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Cash Runway

~2 years

$2.5B cash & investments

$2.5B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Continental Resources is growing revenue at 23% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

−0.8% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 364.5M (2021) → 361.5M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
93.7%
Premium pricing power — 93.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
52.4%
Excellent — 52.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
11.7%
Below par — 11.7% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+3.4%
Slow sales growth (+3.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
327%
Turns 327% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
46.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (46.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.34
Conservative — low debt load (0.34)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
6.99x
Adequate interest coverage (7.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.51%
Small dividend — 1.51% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
Data not available

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