Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Crescent Energy Company CRGY

$13.56 +1.27% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.42B

Strong growthStrong trend

Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count rose 48.2% in a year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 23.0% from 10.8% a year earlier.
  3. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +36.1%).

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 6, 2026.

Growth84Strong

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 39%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 43%
Quality72Positive

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
  • Gross marginTop 9%
  • Operating marginTop 32%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 12%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
  • Interest coverBottom 40%
Value72Positive

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

  • Earnings yieldBottom 28%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 48%
Momentum83Strong

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
  • 6-month returnTop 37%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 17%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 32%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Revisions92Exceptional

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 25%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 2%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 44%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Stability22Very weak

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 33%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)18.3%24.3%↑
Gross margin82.8%75.3%↓
Operating margin10.8%23.0%↑
FCF margin-20.4%20.9%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)24.3%18.3%↑Top 22%
Gross margin75.3%82.8%↓Top 9%
Operating margin23.0%10.8%↑Top 32%
Net margin1.3%0.7%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin20.9%-20.4%↑—
Return on invested capital4.4%—Bottom 37%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR5.4%—Top 39%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-15.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
4.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-12.1 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
3.48×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.8×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.17%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.11%
Shareholder yield
3.28%
Share count change, 1 year
+48.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+31.6%

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 3, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
14
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+36.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$18.00
Target vs current price
+32.7%
Analysts with a rating
13
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
62%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 3, 2026+16.9%-0.3%+0.9%+18.0%—
May 4, 2026+35.9%+1.9%-7.9%-10.1%-17.9%
Feb 25, 2026+75.0%-0.2%+8.8%+26.6%+31.1%
Nov 3, 2025+16.7%+1.3%+5.1%+10.9%+13.6%
Aug 4, 2025+87.0%-0.9%+3.0%+6.5%-6.0%
May 5, 2025+19.1%-4.5%-0.7%-0.5%+9.6%
Feb 26, 2025+30.2%-1.6%-17.5%-15.6%-36.5%
Nov 4, 2024+34.5%+2.2%+11.0%+21.0%+22.8%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 3, 2026$0.69$0.59+16.9%$1.39B
May 4, 2026$0.53$0.39+35.9%$1.18B
Feb 25, 2026$0.49$0.28+75.0%$865.0M
Nov 3, 2025$0.35$0.30+16.7%$866.6M
Aug 4, 2025$0.43$0.23+87.0%$898.0M
May 5, 2025$0.56$0.47+19.1%$950.2M
Feb 26, 2025$0.56$0.43+30.2%$875.3M
Nov 4, 2024$0.39$0.29+34.5%$744.9M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (forward)5.5×———
EV / EBITDA6.5×——Top 27%
EV / Sales2.19×——Top 48%
Free-cash-flow yield20.33%——Top 2%
Earnings yield-0.32%——Bottom 28%

P/E over the past five years

Range 1.9× – 26.5× since Sep 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

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
3
Days above the 200-day average
48
50-day average slope (20 days)
+12.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+4.0%
Distance from 50-day average
+4.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+17.7%
RSI (14)
52.4
Relative volume
0.55×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
44.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
36th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.71
Correlation with S&P 500
0.21
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-11.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-56.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 14, 2022Apr 8, 2025-61.6%747 daysNot yet recovered
Dec 8, 2021Dec 21, 2021-27.2%9 days54 days (Mar 10, 2022)
Mar 10, 2022Mar 16, 2022-11.3%4 days5 days (Mar 23, 2022)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$4.42B
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$0.04
Revenue (TTM)
$4.31B
Dividend yield
3.54%
52-week range
$7.68 – $15.47
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.48B$3.06B$2.38B$2.93B$3.58B
Gross profit$1.23B$2.62B$1.30B$2.40B$808.5M
Operating income$483.7M$1.28B$324.7M$218.5M$473.7M
Net income-$19.4M$96.7M$67.6M-$114.6M$132.9M
EPS (diluted)-$0.46$2.20$0.45-$0.88$0.54
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$744.9M$875.3M$950.2M$898.0M$866.6M$865.0M$1.18B$1.39B
Net income-$9.9M-$118.0M-$2.1M$153.2M-$9.5M-$8.7M-$419.8M$492.8M
EPS (diluted)-$0.07-$0.70-$0.01$0.60-$0.04-$0.03-$1.28$1.30
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$233.1M$1.01B$935.8M$1.22B$1.68B
Capital expenditure-$270.7M-$1.22B-$1.43B-$1.24B-$1.77B
Free cash flow-$37.5M-$207.0M-$494.8M-$21.2M-$89.8M
Dividends paid-$35.3M-$27.5M-$34.1M-$65.1M-$115.1M
Net share buybacks-$18.4M$0$145.6M$315.2M-$38.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$264.9M
Total assets
$12.01B
Total liabilities
$6.85B
Total debt
$5.28B
Net debt
$5.01B
Shareholders’ equity
$5.16B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 17, 2026$0.12Aug 31, 2026
May 18, 2026$0.12Jun 1, 2026
Mar 11, 2026$0.12Mar 25, 2026
Nov 17, 2025$0.12Dec 1, 2025
Aug 18, 2025$0.12Sep 2, 2025
May 19, 2025$0.12Jun 2, 2025
Mar 12, 2025$0.12Mar 26, 2025
Nov 18, 2024$0.12Dec 2, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
32,418,204
Days to cover
5.24
Change vs previous report
+11.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.