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Standard Energy

STDE
43
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$18,831
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2009
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+50.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 124.8M (2005) → 188.3M (2009)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Standard Energy Corp. is a small oil and gas exploration and production company. It focuses on finding and extracting petroleum resources, selling that oil and gas to energy buyers and industrial customers. The company operates in the upstream segment of the energy industry, meaning it works on the early stages of the energy supply chain — locating and pulling resources out of the ground.

The company generates revenue by selling the oil and gas it produces, though its deeply negative operating margin suggests it is spending far more than it earns right now. With a near-zero market cap and no meaningful return on invested capital, Standard Energy appears to be in an early or development stage. The main risk facing the company is its ability to fund ongoing operations and move toward profitability, as small exploration companies frequently struggle to survive without consistent production revenue or outside financing.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-34.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+74.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$68,208/ year

Declining (-29% vs prior year)

100.1% of revenue

100.1x the sector average (1%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

6.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 months

$26,981 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Standard Energy 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
41.6%
Healthy — 41.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
100.8%
Excellent — 100.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
7.8%
Weak — 7.8% 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
+26.0%
Fast-growing sales (+26.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-36.3%
Burning cash (-36.3%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.15x
Adequate interest coverage (4.2x)

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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