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High Arctic Energy Services

HGHAF
41
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy
Price
$0.70
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$8.9M
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
41
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Sep 1, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

74.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 48.8M (2021) → 12.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

High Arctic Energy Services provides equipment and workers to oil and gas companies that need help drilling wells and keeping them running. Its main services include providing specialized drilling rigs, well servicing rigs, and skilled crews to operate them. The company is based in Canada and has historically also operated in Papua New Guinea.

High Arctic earns revenue by renting out its equipment and providing contract labor to energy producers, charging day rates or project-based fees. It is a small-cap company operating primarily in western Canada's oilfield services market. The company's experience in remote and challenging environments, like Papua New Guinea, has been a differentiator, though it has shifted focus back toward Canadian operations. Key growth depends on oil and gas drilling activity levels in Canada, which are tied to commodity prices — a prolonged downturn in energy prices remains the primary risk to its business.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

49.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~5 years

C$12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

C$12M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

High Arctic Energy Services 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
28.3%
Modest — 28.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4.3%
Losing money on operations — -4.3%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-2.5%
Weak — -2.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+11.3%
Steady sales growth (+11.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-94.9%
Earnings shrinking (-94.9% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
111%
Turns 111% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-1.8%
Burning cash (-1.8%)

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
0.15
Conservative — low debt load (0.15)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

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

Not applicable for this business.
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