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PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation PNRG

$209.67 +2.45% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $331.1M

High quality

Next earnings report: Nov 16, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The shares trade at 20.2× trailing earnings, higher than 89% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  2. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $10.38, down 29.7% year over year.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $176.3M, down 19.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from -26.2% 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 6, 2026.

Growth70Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 9%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Quality97Exceptional

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 41%
  • Gross marginTop 36%
  • Operating marginTop 45%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 4%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 12%
  • Interest coverTop 10%
Value79Positive

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 45%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 2%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 37%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 10%
Momentum57Neutral

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 39%
  • 6-month returnBottom 38%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Revisions4Very weak

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 17%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
Stability74Positive

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 38%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 39%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 41%
  • 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)-26.2%-19.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-57.7%-29.7%↑
Gross margin29.5%42.7%↑
Operating margin21.2%15.2%↓
FCF margin0.9%28.9%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-19.2%-26.2%↑Bottom 7%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-29.7%-57.7%↑Bottom 30%
Gross margin42.7%29.5%↑Top 36%
Operating margin15.2%21.2%↓Top 45%
Net margin14.1%16.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin28.9%0.9%↑—
Return on invested capital8.3%—Top 41%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR25.9%—Top 9%

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.
-23.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-22.3 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.28×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
18.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
3.51%
Shareholder yield
3.51%
Share count change, 1 year
-2.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-3.5%

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 14, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
0 of 2
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-50.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.3%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 14, 2026-31.2%+2.8%+9.4%+7.9%—
May 20, 2026-68.8%-7.1%-12.2%-33.1%-24.1%
Apr 16, 2026—+7.3%+16.0%+30.9%-5.0%
Nov 19, 2025—-1.5%+16.0%+17.1%+15.9%
Aug 19, 2025—+1.6%-0.1%+20.3%-0.1%
May 19, 2025—-1.4%+3.5%-21.5%-1.0%
Apr 15, 2025—+2.2%-3.6%-1.3%-11.0%
Nov 14, 2024—+6.4%+13.6%+10.0%+12.0%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 14, 2026$4.06$5.90-31.2%$42.5M
May 20, 2026$2.67$8.57-68.8%$41.3M
Apr 16, 2026$2.07——$50.1M
Nov 19, 2025$4.38——$44.7M
Aug 19, 2025$1.33——$42.0M
May 19, 2025$3.72——$49.4M
Apr 15, 2025$1.02——$60.2M
Nov 14, 2024$8.80——$69.5M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)20.2×8.6×89thTop 45%
P/E (forward)15.1×———
EV / EBITDA3.1×——Top 2%
EV / Sales1.72×——Top 37%
Free-cash-flow yield15.40%——Top 6%
Earnings yield4.95%——Top 45%

P/E over the past five years

Range 4.6× – 70.7× since Dec 31, 2021. 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
+31.6%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-29.7%
Change in P/E multiple
+92.4%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

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
2
Days above the 200-day average
3
50-day average slope (20 days)
+5.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.8%
Distance from 50-day average
+3.1%
Distance from 200-day average
+5.1%
RSI (14)
53.7
Relative volume
0.64×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
34.7%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
20th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.58
Correlation with S&P 500
0.14
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-23.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-44.6%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Oct 1, 2020Jan 28, 2021-51.0%81 days236 days (Jan 4, 2022)
Jan 30, 2025Oct 29, 2025-44.5%188 days102 days (Mar 27, 2026)
May 18, 2026May 29, 2026-39.6%8 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 9, 2022Oct 25, 2022-27.8%95 days220 days (Sep 12, 2023)
Dec 5, 2024Dec 19, 2024-21.3%10 days4 days (Dec 26, 2024)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$331.1M
P/E (TTM)
20.2
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$10.38
Revenue (TTM)
$176.3M
52-week range
$126.40 – $278.90
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$82.4M$93.3M$123.1M$233.9M$185.9M
Gross profit$22.5M$16.3M$40.7M$87.7M$49.0M
Operating income$13.4M-$3.9M$25.1M$68.8M$29.6M
Net income$2.1M$48.7M$28.1M$55.4M$26.3M
EPS (diluted)$0.76$17.95$10.77$21.95$10.86
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$66.7M$60.2M$49.4M$41.8M$44.7M$50.1M$41.3M$40.3M
Net income$22.1M$2.3M$9.1M$3.2M$10.6M$3.4M$4.3M$6.5M
EPS (diluted)$8.80$0.91$3.72$1.33$4.38$1.43$1.82$2.75
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$28.6M$33.1M$109.0M$115.9M$96.7M
Capital expenditure-$20.7M-$16.0M-$113.8M-$119.2M-$76.0M
Free cash flow$7.9M$17.2M-$4.8M-$3.3M$20.8M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks-$145,000-$7.4M-$7.5M-$13.4M-$13.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$28.7M
Total assets
$315.3M
Total liabilities
$96.9M
Total debt
$1.5M
Net debt
-$27.3M
Shareholders’ equity
$218.4M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
74,638
Days to cover
1.00
Change vs previous report
-4.8%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.