Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

SandRidge Energy, Inc. SD

$13.62 +0.44% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $502.8M

High qualityInexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin widened to 42.3% from 33.7% 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 $180.1M, up 23.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 18.8% 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.

Growth46Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Quality90Exceptional

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

  • Return on invested capitalTop 22%
  • Gross marginTop 20%
  • Operating marginTop 12%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 32%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 35%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 5%
  • Interest coverTop 4%
Value92Exceptional

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 4%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 2%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 47%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 39%
Momentum39Weak

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 50%
  • 6-month returnBottom 41%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 46%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions11Very weak

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 48%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 4%
Stability93Exceptional

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 20%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 39%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 30%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 5%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)18.8%23.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)17.1%9.8%↓
Gross margin40.6%58.9%↑
Operating margin33.7%42.3%↑
FCF margin30.5%23.6%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)23.2%18.8%↑Top 24%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)9.8%17.1%↓Top 45%
Gross margin58.9%40.6%↑Top 20%
Operating margin42.3%33.7%↑Top 12%
Net margin46.1%51.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin23.6%30.5%↓—
Return on invested capital12.5%—Top 22%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-15.0%—Bottom 16%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.44×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-5.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.6%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-10.1 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.86×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
83.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
4.41%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.11%
Shareholder yield
4.52%
Share count change, 1 year
+1.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.0%

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 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+6.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.2%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Analysts with a rating
24
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
13%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026-24.0%-2.6%+5.7%+6.1%—
May 6, 2026+43.9%-6.3%-2.8%-0.6%-10.0%
Mar 4, 2026-8.1%+1.3%-5.8%-8.6%-18.9%
Nov 5, 2025+13.5%+2.9%+11.7%+27.3%+32.6%
Aug 6, 2025+13.8%-0.7%+9.3%+14.3%+15.0%
May 7, 2025-9.3%+1.4%+16.7%+12.1%+8.0%
Mar 10, 2025-29.2%+1.3%+2.8%-13.3%-6.5%
Nov 7, 2024-29.6%+4.1%-1.7%-5.2%+1.9%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.57$0.75-24.0%$51.1M
May 6, 2026$0.59$0.41+43.9%$49.8M
Mar 4, 2026$0.34$0.37-8.1%$39.4M
Nov 5, 2025$0.42$0.37+13.5%$39.8M
Aug 6, 2025$0.33$0.29+13.8%$34.5M
May 7, 2025$0.39$0.43-9.3%$42.6M
Mar 10, 2025$0.34$0.48-29.2%$39.0M
Nov 7, 2024$0.19$0.27-29.6%$30.1M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)6.1×6.0×57thTop 4%
P/E (forward)6.4×———
EV / EBITDA2.9×——Top 2%
EV / Sales2.16×——Top 47%
Free-cash-flow yield8.45%——Top 35%
Earnings yield16.45%——Top 4%

P/E over the past five years

Range 2.0× – 11.6× since Sep 30, 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
+16.4%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+9.8%
Change in P/E multiple
+13.6%

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
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
+1.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.3%
Distance from 50-day average
-2.9%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.9%
RSI (14)
41.0
Relative volume
0.58×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
27.2%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
5th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.27
Correlation with S&P 500
0.12
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-24.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-45.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 7, 2022Apr 8, 2025-68.0%711 daysNot yet recovered
Feb 17, 2021Apr 12, 2021-37.1%37 days36 days (Jun 2, 2021)
Nov 11, 2021Dec 6, 2021-32.4%16 days61 days (Mar 4, 2022)
Jun 25, 2021Jul 19, 2021-22.3%15 days14 days (Aug 6, 2021)
Oct 8, 2020Oct 19, 2020-20.5%7 days13 days (Nov 5, 2020)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$502.8M
P/E (TTM)
6.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.24
Revenue (TTM)
$180.1M
Dividend yield
5.14%
52-week range
$11.20 – $18.45
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$168.9M$254.3M$148.6M$125.3M$156.4M
Gross profit$107.5M$179.2M$73.7M$46.0M$67.4M
Operating income$114.1M$175.5M$64.2M$33.2M$54.2M
Net income$116.7M$242.2M$60.9M$63.0M$70.2M
EPS (diluted)$3.13$6.52$1.64$1.69$1.90
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$30.1M$39.0M$42.6M$34.5M$39.8M$39.4M$49.8M$51.1M
Net income$25.5M$17.6M$13.0M$19.6M$16.0M$21.6M$18.7M$26.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.69$0.47$0.35$0.53$0.43$0.59$0.50$0.72
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$110.3M$164.7M$115.6M$73.9M$100.1M
Capital expenditure-$11.6M-$45.6M-$37.6M-$26.4M-$67.7M
Free cash flow$98.6M$119.1M$77.9M$47.5M$32.5M
Dividends paid$0$0-$7.7M-$72.3M-$15.9M
Net share buybacks-$899,000$83,000-$929,000-$233,000-$6.4M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$113.3M
Total assets
$668.1M
Total liabilities
$125.4M
Total debt
$0
Net debt
-$113.3M
Shareholders’ equity
$542.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 19, 2026$0.13Aug 31, 2026
May 20, 2026$0.33Jun 1, 2026
Mar 20, 2026$0.12Mar 31, 2026
Nov 14, 2025$0.12Nov 28, 2025
Sep 22, 2025$0.12Sep 29, 2025
May 19, 2025$0.11Jun 2, 2025
Mar 20, 2025$0.11Mar 31, 2025
Nov 15, 2024$0.11Nov 29, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
1,973,239
Days to cover
6.55
Change vs previous report
+3.3%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.