Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Comstock Resources, Inc. CRK

$13.06 +2.19% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.75B

Weak trend

Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin widened to 19.2% from 9.2% 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. The stock is 52% below its highest close of the past year.

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.

Growth5Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 6%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 5%
Quality26Very weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 38%
  • Gross marginBottom 35%
  • Operating marginTop 37%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 37%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 28%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
  • Interest coverBottom 30%
Value62Neutral

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 8%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 9%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 30%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 40%
Momentum7Very weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 8%
  • 6-month returnBottom 9%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 9%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 11%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 16%
Revisions39Weak

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 20%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 14%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 34%
Stability31Weak

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 32%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 34%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 45%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)39.9%13.8%↓
Gross margin11.9%23.6%↑
Operating margin9.2%19.2%↑
FCF margin-16.0%-39.1%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)13.8%39.9%↓Top 44%
Gross margin23.6%11.9%↑Bottom 35%
Operating margin19.2%9.2%↑Top 37%
Net margin28.3%-4.4%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin-39.1%-16.0%↓—
Return on invested capital4.4%—Bottom 38%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-19.0%—Bottom 6%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.54×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.8%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.1%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-17.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.12×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
1.6×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
0.00%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.9%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+1.8%

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

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

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
6 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+49.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.4%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$15.11
Target vs current price
+15.7%
Analysts with a rating
39
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
26%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 29, 2026+62.0%+1.9%+7.4%+14.5%—
May 5, 2026-34.8%-2.5%-15.2%-24.3%-28.5%
Feb 11, 2026+45.5%+0.0%-8.9%-1.4%-27.5%
Nov 3, 2025+125.0%+2.6%+22.8%+41.3%+24.5%
Jul 30, 2025+44.4%-1.1%-22.7%-24.5%-16.7%
Apr 30, 2025+12.5%-3.4%+14.1%+25.8%+9.7%
Feb 18, 2025+700.0%+2.0%+2.9%+1.5%+27.4%
Oct 30, 2024-6.3%+4.0%-2.4%+30.3%+59.3%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 29, 2026$0.03$0.02+62.0%$353.3M
May 5, 2026$0.15$0.23-34.8%$587.4M
Feb 11, 2026$0.16$0.11+45.5%$789.8M
Nov 3, 2025$0.09$0.04+125.0%$449.9M
Jul 30, 2025$0.13$0.09+44.4%$470.3M
Apr 30, 2025$0.18$0.16+12.5%$512.9M
Feb 18, 2025$0.16$0.02+700.0%$366.5M
Oct 30, 2024-$0.17-$0.16-6.3%$304.5M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)7.5×7.2×58thTop 8%
P/E (forward)37.3×———
EV / EBITDA4.7×——Top 10%
EV / Sales3.65×——Bottom 30%
Free-cash-flow yield-19.59%——Bottom 9%
Earnings yield13.32%——Top 8%

P/E over the past five years

Range 1.9× – 91.1× since Jun 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
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.6%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-6.1%
Distance from 50-day average
-5.1%
Distance from 200-day average
-23.0%
RSI (14)
45.1
Relative volume
1.15×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
50.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
25th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.38
Correlation with S&P 500
0.09
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-52.3%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-59.9%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 7, 2022Feb 14, 2024-66.1%424 days231 days (Jan 16, 2025)
Jun 18, 2025Sep 30, 2026-59.9%322 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 5, 2021Jan 26, 2022-34.5%78 days39 days (Mar 23, 2022)
Oct 22, 2020Dec 29, 2020-30.3%46 days33 days (Feb 17, 2021)
Jun 23, 2021Aug 19, 2021-24.1%40 days11 days (Sep 3, 2021)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$3.75B
P/E (TTM)
7.5
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.74
Revenue (TTM)
$1.88B
52-week range
$12.12 – $28.10
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.85B$3.63B$1.57B$1.25B$1.93B
Gross profit$1.10B$2.33B$266.2M-$130.1M$441.7M
Operating income$900.8M$2.28B$226.6M-$168.6M$383.0M
Net income-$241.7M$1.14B$211.9M-$218.8M$420.2M
EPS (diluted)-$1.12$4.11$0.76-$0.76$1.35
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$304.5M$366.5M$512.9M$470.3M$449.9M$495.4M$585.5M$351.7M
Net income-$28.9M-$47.2M-$121.3M$124.8M$111.1M$305.5M$107.5M$8.8M
EPS (diluted)-$0.10-$0.16-$0.42$0.42$0.38$0.95$0.38$0.03
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$859.0M$1.70B$1.02B$620.3M$899.6M
Capital expenditure-$689.2M-$1.07B-$1.43B-$1.10B-$1.35B
Free cash flow$169.8M$630.6M-$408.2M-$477.1M-$449.7M
Dividends paid$0-$34.7M-$139.0M$0$0
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$100.5M$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$45.0M
Total assets
$7.52B
Total liabilities
$4.36B
Total debt
$3.17B
Net debt
$3.12B
Shareholders’ equity
$2.58B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Nov 30, 2023$0.13Dec 15, 2023
Aug 31, 2023$0.13Sep 15, 2023
May 31, 2023$0.13Jun 15, 2023
Feb 28, 2023$0.13Mar 15, 2023
Nov 30, 2022$0.13Dec 15, 2022
Dec 3, 2014$0.13Dec 15, 2014
Sep 3, 2014$0.13Sep 15, 2014
Jun 4, 2014$0.13Jun 16, 2014

Short interest

Shares sold short
25,681,438
Days to cover
7.44
Change vs previous report
+1.6%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Aug 1, 2016
1-for-5
Mar 15, 1990
1-for-4