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Riley Exploration Permian

REPX
80
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Price
$38.17
+0.20 (+0.53%)
Market Cap
$828.1M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange American
Winston Score
80
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Exceptional
Dividends
Strong
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Share count rising — dilution

+32.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 16.0M (2021) → 21.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Riley Exploration Permian is an oil and natural gas company that drills for and produces hydrocarbons in the Permian Basin, which sits across West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. It focuses on a specific area called the Northwest Shelf of the Permian, targeting oil-rich rock formations underground. The company sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids to energy marketers and midstream companies.

Riley makes money by selling the oil and gas it pulls out of the ground, so its revenue rises and falls with commodity prices. It operates entirely within the United States, concentrated in a relatively small geographic footprint, which keeps costs focused but limits diversification. With a market cap around $0.7 billion, it is a small producer competing against much larger Permian operators like Pioneer and Diamondback. The main risk the company faces is that a sustained drop in oil or natural gas prices would quickly compress margins and reduce cash available to fund new drilling.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+94.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+189.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

46.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 years

$63M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$63M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Riley Exploration Permian grew revenue 94% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
75.4%
Premium pricing power — 75.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
52.6%
Excellent — 52.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
20.9%
Exceptional — 20.9% 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
+23.2%
Fast-growing sales (+23.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+23.3%
Earnings growing fast (+23.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

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
202%
Turns 202% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
12.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.42
Conservative — low debt load (0.42)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
5.97x
Adequate interest coverage (6.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.8

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+3.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (6.8 → 3.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.68%
Healthy income — 4.68% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+5.3%
Dividend growing modestly (5.3% YoY)

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