InPlay Oil

IPOOF

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Price

$12.82

+0.21 (+1.66%)

Market Cap

$359.0M

Exchange

Other OTC

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Good

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Share count falling — buybacks

−69.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 80.4M (2021) → 24.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

InPlay Oil Corp. is a small Canadian oil and gas company that drills for and produces crude oil and natural gas. It focuses on light oil production in Alberta, Canada, mainly in areas like the Cardium and Willesden Green formations. The company sells its oil and gas to energy marketers and refiners in the Canadian market.

InPlay makes money by selling the oil and natural gas it pumps out of the ground. Revenue depends heavily on commodity prices, which can swing sharply from year to year. The company operates entirely in Alberta, making it a small, geographically concentrated producer with a market cap around $300 million. Its thin operating margin of roughly 5% leaves little cushion when oil prices fall. The main growth driver is drilling new wells to increase production, but the biggest risk is a sustained drop in crude oil prices, which would quickly squeeze cash flow and limit the company's ability to fund future drilling.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+12.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+783.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

94.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$21M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

InPlay Oil is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 12%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

38.3%

Modest — 38.3% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

30.9%

Excellent — 30.9% 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

+61.4%

Fast-growing sales (+61.4% 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

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

7.1%

Modest free cash flow (7.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.75

Moderate — manageable debt (0.75)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

1.69x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.7x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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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

Dividend

Dividend Yield

7.11%

Healthy income — 7.11% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-1.0%

Dividend cut (-1.0% YoY) — warning sign

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