ZaZa Energy Corporation

ZAZA

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2015

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Data not available

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

ZaZa Energy Corporation is a small oil and natural gas company that searches for and pulls fossil fuels out of the ground. It focused mainly on shale formations in Texas, particularly the Eagle Ford and Haynesville plays, selling the oil and gas it produced to energy buyers and midstream companies. The company operated in the onshore United States exploration and production space.

ZaZa made money by selling crude oil and natural gas at market prices, meaning its revenue rose and fell with commodity price swings. It was a very small operator with minimal market capitalization, giving it little pricing power or financial cushion compared to larger rivals. The company faced serious financial strain, reflected in its deeply negative operating margin, and the central risk it carried was the ability to fund ongoing drilling operations and service its debt load in a volatile energy price environment.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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Revenue Growth

-71.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+14.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~1 months

$451,000 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

ZaZa Energy Corporation 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

-14.3%

Thin — -14.3% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-470.7%

Losing money on operations — -470.7%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-22.7%

Weak — -22.7% 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

-32.6%

Shrinking sales (-32.6% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

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

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-316.1%

Burning cash (-316.1%)

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

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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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