Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Amplify Energy Corp. AMPY

$4.36 -0.46% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $180.0M

Weak trend

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin narrowed to -6.0% from 12.4% a year earlier.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $213.1M, down 23.7% from a year earlier, slowing from -21.2% a quarter earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth8Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 11%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Quality16Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 16%
  • Gross marginTop 25%
  • Operating marginBottom 11%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 11%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 10%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 12%
  • Interest coverBottom 12%
Value79Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 17%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 5%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Momentum12Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 20%
  • 6-month returnBottom 13%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 19%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 22%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions68Positive

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 7%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 2%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 24%
Stability48Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 16%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 37%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 12%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-21.2%-23.7%↓
EPS growth (YoY)-45.9%28.6%↑
Gross margin60.7%53.1%↓
Operating margin12.4%-6.0%↓
FCF margin-3.3%-31.6%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-23.7%-21.2%↓Bottom 4%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)28.6%-45.9%↑Top 30%
Gross margin53.1%60.7%↓Top 25%
Operating margin-6.0%12.4%↓Bottom 11%
Net margin10.3%5.6%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin-31.6%-3.3%↓—
Return on invested capital-1.6%—Bottom 16%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-16.9%—Bottom 11%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
0.33×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
2.5%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
3.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-20.0 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.25×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
-1.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.01%
Shareholder yield
0.01%
Share count change, 1 year
+2.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+1.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
2 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.2%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$6.50
Target vs current price
+49.1%
Analysts with a rating
5
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
100%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 10, 2026+421.9%+3.2%+18.6%+21.6%—
May 11, 2026-1790.9%+3.6%-1.1%-14.0%-26.7%
Mar 9, 2026-300.0%-3.3%+7.2%+1.5%-22.0%
Nov 5, 2025-595.2%+1.6%+30.2%+28.7%+6.2%
Aug 6, 2025-203.8%-1.1%-1.8%+3.4%+16.3%
May 12, 2025-9.1%+1.4%+0.7%+19.7%+30.1%
Mar 5, 2025-56.7%-2.4%-11.2%-15.2%-38.2%
Nov 6, 2024+100.0%+6.7%+0.1%-4.3%-19.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 10, 2026$0.40$0.08+421.9%$52.7M
May 11, 2026-$0.93$0.06-1790.9%$37.5M
Mar 9, 2026-$0.24$0.12-300.0%$56.6M
Nov 5, 2025-$0.52$0.11-595.2%$66.4M
Aug 6, 2025-$0.10$0.10-203.8%$68.4M
May 12, 2025$0.10$0.11-9.1%$72.0M
Mar 5, 2025$0.13$0.30-56.7%$69.0M
Nov 6, 2024$0.54$0.27+100.0%$69.9M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)9.7×7.5×69thTop 17%
EV / EBITDA2.2×——Top 1%
EV / Sales0.76×——Top 12%
Free-cash-flow yield-37.43%——Bottom 5%
Earnings yield10.32%——Top 17%

P/E over the past five years

Range 0.6× – 123.6× since Jun 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-16.6%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+28.6%
Change in P/E multiple
+16.7%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+4.9%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-1.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-2.5%
Distance from 200-day average
-11.8%
RSI (14)
45.0
Relative volume
0.66×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
47.7%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
28th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.33
Correlation with S&P 500
0.08
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-34.2%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-71.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 1, 2022Apr 14, 2025-77.5%613 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 1, 2021Nov 19, 2021-53.6%35 days75 days (Mar 10, 2022)
Jun 6, 2022Sep 26, 2022-41.5%77 days25 days (Oct 31, 2022)
Mar 10, 2021Apr 23, 2021-39.5%31 days34 days (Jun 11, 2021)
Jun 16, 2021Jul 19, 2021-32.0%22 days47 days (Sep 23, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$180.0M
P/E (TTM)
9.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.45
Revenue (TTM)
$213.1M
52-week range
$3.65 – $6.79
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$342.9M$458.5M$307.6M$294.7M$263.4M
Gross profit$172.6M$273.7M$119.2M$276.3M$71.8M
Operating income-$25.6M$72.0M$76.2M$30.4M-$5.0M
Net income-$32.1M$57.9M$392.8M$12.9M$44.0M
EPS (diluted)-$1.17$1.44$9.63$0.31$1.03
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$69.9M$69.0M$72.0M$68.4M$66.4M$56.6M$37.5M$52.7M
Net income$22.7M-$7.4M-$5.9M$6.4M-$21.0M$64.4M-$38.1M$16.6M
EPS (diluted)$0.54-$0.19-$0.15$0.15-$0.52$1.50-$0.93$0.40
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$63.0M$64.5M$141.6M$51.3M$49.2M
Capital expenditure-$29.8M-$34.8M-$31.4M-$72.2M-$85.3M
Free cash flow$33.1M$29.7M$110.2M-$20.9M-$36.1M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks-$81,000-$563,000-$2.4M-$1.9M$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$21.2M
Total assets
$576.1M
Total liabilities
$137.0M
Total debt
$3.1M
Net debt
-$18.1M
Shareholders’ equity
$439.1M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Mar 13, 2020$0.10Mar 30, 2020
Dec 3, 2019$0.20Dec 18, 2019
Sep 3, 2019$0.20Sep 18, 2019

Short interest

Shares sold short
3,834,259
Days to cover
6.57
Change vs previous report
-1.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Aug 4, 2015
1-for-10