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Greenfire Resources

GFR
38
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Also trades as: GFR.TO
Price
$6.45
+0.08 (+1.26%)
Market Cap
$466.9M
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+93.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 37.5M (2021) → 72.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Greenfire Resources is a Canadian oil company that pulls a thick, heavy type of oil called bitumen out of the ground in Alberta, Canada. It uses a drilling method called Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), which pumps steam underground to loosen the bitumen so it can flow to the surface. The company sells this oil to refineries, mostly in North America, that can process heavy crude.

Greenfire makes money by selling the bitumen it produces, so its revenue rises and falls with oil prices. It operates entirely in Alberta's oil sands region, making it a small, single-geography producer with a market cap around $400 million. The oil sands have high upfront costs and require a lot of energy to operate, which squeezes margins when oil prices drop. The biggest risk the company faces is its heavy reliance on one commodity in one location, leaving it highly exposed to swings in crude oil prices and pipeline access constraints.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+24.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-37.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

73.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

C$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Greenfire Resources has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
45.9%
Healthy — 45.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
23.6%
Excellent — 23.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
6.6%
Weak — 6.6% 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
-17.6%
Shrinking sales (-17.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-130.1%
Earnings shrinking (-130.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-10.0%
Burning cash (-10.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.66x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.7x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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