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Karoon Energy

KAR.AX
59
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Price
A$1.82
+0.03 (+1.39%)
Market Cap
A$1.29B
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
59
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Share count rising — dilution

+33.2% over 3y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 561.4M (2022) → 748.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Karoon Energy is an Australian oil and gas company that finds and produces crude oil from fields beneath the ocean floor. Its main asset is the Who Dat oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, and it also operates the Baúna oil field off the coast of Brazil. The company sells crude oil to refiners and energy traders, making it part of the upstream segment of the global energy industry.

Karoon makes money by selling barrels of oil at market prices, so its revenue rises and falls with global oil prices. It operates across two countries — the United States and Brazil — and has a market cap of around $1.4 billion, making it a mid-sized independent producer. The company has been growing production through its existing fields and is exploring ways to expand reserves through acquisitions or new drilling, but its biggest risk is a sustained drop in oil prices, which would directly squeeze profits and cash flow.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
45.3%
Healthy — 45.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
36.1%
Excellent — 36.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.3%
Strong — 15.3% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-19.6%
Shrinking sales (-19.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+5.9%
Modest earnings growth (+5.9% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

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
200%
Turns 200% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-5.9%
Burning cash (-5.9%)

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
0.33
Conservative — low debt load (0.33)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
7.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 7.7

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
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Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.41%
Moderate income — 3.41% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
Data not available

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