Comstock Resources Stock Analysis

CRK Stock  USD 19.92  0.08  0.40%   
Comstock Resources is overvalued with Real Value of 15.74 and Target Price of 12.12. The main objective of Comstock Resources stock analysis is to determine its intrinsic value, which is an estimate of what Comstock Resources is worth, separate from its market price. There are two main types of Comstock Resources' stock analysis: fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
The Comstock Resources stock is traded in the USA on New York Stock Exchange, with the market opening at 09:30:00 and closing at 16:00:00 every Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri except for officially observed holidays in the USA.
  
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Comstock Stock Analysis Notes

About 74.0% of the company shares are held by company insiders. The book value of Comstock Resources was currently reported as 7.67. The company recorded a loss per share of 0.76. Comstock Resources last dividend was issued on the 30th of November 2023. The entity had 1:5 split on the 1st of August 2016. Comstock Resources, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas primarily in North Louisiana and East Texas, the United States. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. Comstock Resources operates under Oil Gas EP classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 205 people. For more info on Comstock Resources please contact Miles JD at 972 668 8800 or go to https://www.comstockresources.com.

Comstock Resources Investment Alerts

Comstock Resources had very high historical volatility over the last 90 days
Comstock Resources has 3.03 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.81, which is OK given its current industry classification. Comstock Resources has a current ratio of 0.54, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Comstock to invest in growth at high rates of return.
The entity reported the last year's revenue of 1.25 B. Reported Net Loss for the year was (218.75 M) with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 668.43 M.
Comstock Resources has a poor financial position based on the latest SEC disclosures
About 74.0% of Comstock Resources shares are held by company insiders
Latest headline from gurufocus.com: Comstock Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Results

Comstock Resources Upcoming and Recent Events

13th of February 2024
Upcoming Quarterly Report
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7th of May 2024
Next Financial Report
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31st of December 2023
Next Fiscal Quarter End
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13th of February 2024
Next Fiscal Year End
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30th of September 2023
Last Quarter Report
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31st of December 2022
Last Financial Announcement
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Comstock Largest EPS Surprises

Earnings surprises can significantly impact Comstock Resources' stock price both in the short term and over time. Negative earnings surprises usually result in a price decline. However, it has been seen that positive earnings surprises lead to an immediate rise in a stock's price and a gradual increase over time. This is why we often hear news about some companies beating earning projections. Financial analysts spend a large amount of time predicting earnings per share (EPS) along with other important future indicators. Many analysts use forecasting models, management guidance, and additional fundamental information to derive an EPS estimate.
Reported
Fiscal Date
Estimated EPS
Reported EPS
Surprise
2023-10-30
2023-09-300.050.04-0.0120 
2024-02-13
2023-12-310.130.1-0.0323 
2019-11-07
2019-09-300.140.170.0321 
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Comstock Resources Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores

Comstock Resources' ESG score is a quantitative measure that evaluates Comstock Resources' performance and commitment regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. These scores are becoming increasingly crucial in investment decision-making processes, providing insights into non-financial aspects of Comstock Resources' operations that may have significant financial implications and affect Comstock Resources' stock price as well as guide investors towards more socially responsible investments.

Comstock Resources Thematic Classifications

In addition to having Comstock Resources stock in your portfolios, you can add positions using our predefined set of ideas and optimize them against your very unique investing style. A single investing idea is a collection of funds, stocks, ETFs, or cryptocurrencies that are programmatically selected from a pull of investment themes. After you determine your favorite investment opportunity, you can then obtain an optimal portfolio that will maximize potential returns on the chosen idea or minimize its exposure to market volatility. If you are a result-oriented investor, you can benefit from optimizing one of our existing themes to build an efficient portfolio against your specific investing outlook.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Idea
Petroleum and Natural Gas
USA Equities from Petroleum and Natural Gas industry as classified by Fama & French

Comstock Stock Institutional Investors

Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Ubs Group Ag2024-12-31
M
Wellington Management Company Llp2024-12-31
990.5 K
Encompass Capital Advisors Llc2024-12-31
953.3 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
943.8 K
Royce & Associates, Lp2024-12-31
779.4 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-12-31
742.2 K
Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates Llc2024-12-31
703 K
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2024-12-31
649.4 K
Amvescap Plc.2024-12-31
642.5 K
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
14.7 M
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-12-31
13.3 M
Note, although Comstock Resources' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Comstock Market Capitalization

The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 5.83 B.

Comstock Profitablity

The company has Net Profit Margin of (0.17) %, which means that it does not effectively control expenditures or properly executes on its pricing strategies. This is way below average.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Return On Tangible Assets(0.04)(0.04)
Return On Capital Employed(0.03)(0.03)
Return On Assets(0.03)(0.04)
Return On Equity(0.10)(0.09)

Management Efficiency

Comstock Resources has Return on Asset of (0.0167) % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it lost $0.0167. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of (0.0928) %, meaning that it generated no profit with money invested by stockholders. Comstock Resources' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Comstock Resources manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. The value of Return On Tangible Assets is estimated to slide to -0.04. Return On Capital Employed is expected to rise to -0.03 this year. Total Current Liabilities is expected to rise to about 643.5 M this year. Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to rise to about 6.7 B this year
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Book Value Per Share 8.13  7.72 
Tangible Book Value Per Share 6.96  6.61 
Enterprise Value Over EBITDA 12.93  13.58 
Price Book Value Ratio 2.33  1.25 
Enterprise Value Multiple 12.93  13.58 
Price Fair Value 2.33  1.25 
Enterprise Value1.1 B1.1 B
The strategic initiatives led by Comstock Resources' management are central to its market success. By analyzing these initiatives, we provide a clear picture of the stock's growth prospects.
Operating Margin
(0)
Profit Margin
(0.17)
Beta
0.552
Return On Assets
(0.02)
Return On Equity
(0.09)

Technical Drivers

As of the 24th of March, Comstock Resources shows the Mean Deviation of 2.84, risk adjusted performance of 0.0847, and Downside Deviation of 3.89. Comstock Resources technical analysis gives you the methodology to make use of historical prices and volume patterns to determine a pattern that approximates the direction of the firm's future prices.

Comstock Resources Price Movement Analysis

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The output start index for this execution was nineteen with a total number of output elements of fourty-two. The Bollinger Bands is very popular indicator that was developed by John Bollinger. It consist of three lines. Comstock Resources middle band is a simple moving average of its typical price. The upper and lower bands are (N) standard deviations above and below the middle band. The bands widen and narrow when the volatility of the price is higher or lower, respectively. The upper and lower bands can also be interpreted as price targets for Comstock Resources. When the price bounces off of the lower band and crosses the middle band, then the upper band becomes the price target.

Comstock Resources Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Comstock Resources insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Comstock Resources' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Comstock Resources insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.
 
Elizabeth Davis six days ago
Disposition of 10000 shares by Elizabeth Davis of Comstock Resources at 16.33 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Elizabeth Davis over two months ago
Disposition of 10000 shares by Elizabeth Davis of Comstock Resources at 16.98 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Elizabeth Davis over two months ago
Disposition of 6149 shares by Elizabeth Davis of Comstock Resources at 16.9677 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Ronald Mills over three months ago
Acquisition by Ronald Mills of 18349 shares of Comstock Resources subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Elizabeth Davis over three months ago
Disposition of 10000 shares by Elizabeth Davis of Comstock Resources at 15.6219 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Daniel Harrison over three months ago
Disposition of 4140 shares by Daniel Harrison of Comstock Resources at 11.72 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Jwj Bes, Llc over three months ago
Disposition of tradable shares by Jwj Bes, Llc of Comstock Resources subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Arkoma Drilling, L.p. over six months ago
Acquisition by Arkoma Drilling, L.p. of 80092 shares of Comstock Resources at 11.25 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Arkoma Drilling, L.p. over six months ago
Acquisition by Arkoma Drilling, L.p. of 592246 shares of Comstock Resources at 11.5433 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Arkoma Drilling, L.p. over six months ago
Acquisition by Arkoma Drilling, L.p. of 1044200 shares of Comstock Resources at 10.9612 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Arkoma Drilling, L.p. over six months ago
Acquisition by Arkoma Drilling, L.p. of 1044200 shares of Comstock Resources at 10.9261 subject to Rule 16b-3
 
Arkoma Drilling, L.p. over six months ago
Acquisition by Arkoma Drilling, L.p. of 573453 shares of Comstock Resources at 10.6395 subject to Rule 16b-3

Comstock Resources Outstanding Bonds

Comstock Resources issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Comstock Resources uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Comstock bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Comstock Resources has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Comstock Resources Predictive Daily Indicators

Comstock Resources intraday indicators are useful technical analysis tools used by many experienced traders. Just like the conventional technical analysis, daily indicators help intraday investors to analyze the price movement with the timing of Comstock Resources stock daily movement. By combining multiple daily indicators into a single trading strategy, you can limit your risk while still earning strong returns on your managed positions.

Comstock Resources Corporate Filings

10K
21st of February 2025
Annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a company financial performance
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F4
20th of February 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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8K
18th of February 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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F4
14th of February 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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4th of February 2025
Other Reports
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F4
31st of January 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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F4
3rd of January 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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F4
30th of December 2024
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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Comstock Resources Forecast Models

Comstock Resources' time-series forecasting models are one of many Comstock Resources' stock analysis techniques aimed at predicting future share value based on previously observed values. Time-series forecasting models ae widely used for non-stationary data. Non-stationary data are called the data whose statistical properties e.g. the mean and standard deviation are not constant over time but instead, these metrics vary over time. These non-stationary Comstock Resources' historical data is usually called time-series. Some empirical experimentation suggests that the statistical forecasting models outperform the models based exclusively on fundamental analysis to predict the direction of the market movement and maximize returns from investment trading.

About Comstock Stock Analysis

Stock analysis is the technique used by a trader or investor to examine and evaluate how Comstock Resources prices is reacting to, or reflecting on a current market direction and economic conditions. It can be used to make informed decisions about market timing, and when buying or selling Comstock shares will generate the highest return on investment. We also built our stock analysis module to help investors to gain an insight into the world economy as a whole, the stock market, thematic ideas. a specific sector, or an individual Stock such as Comstock Resources. By using and applying Comstock Stock analysis, traders can create a robust methodology for identifying Comstock entry and exit points for their positions.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Pretax Profit Margin(0.29)(0.31)
Operating Profit Margin(0.13)(0.13)
Net Loss(0.17)(0.18)
Gross Profit Margin 0.85  0.59 

Current Comstock Analysis - Recommendations

We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. Comstock analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Comstock analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Target PriceAdvice# of Analysts
12.12Hold15Odds
Comstock Resources current and past analyst recommendations published by a number of research institutions as well as average analyst consensus.
Most Comstock analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to helps potential investors understand Comstock stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching public financial statements of Comstock Resources, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to Comstock conference calls.
Comstock Analyst Advice Details

Comstock Stock Analysis Indicators

Comstock Resources stock analysis indicators help investors evaluate how Comstock Resources stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing and determine when trading Comstock Resources shares will generate the highest return on investment. By understating and applying Comstock Resources stock analysis, traders can identify Comstock Resources position entry and exit signals to maximize returns.
Begin Period Cash Flow16.7 M
Long Term DebtB
Common Stock Shares Outstanding287 M
Total Stockholder Equity2.2 B
Tax Provision-149.1 M
Quarterly Earnings Growth Y O Y-0.792
Property Plant And Equipment Net5.8 B
Cash And Short Term Investments6.8 M
Cash6.8 M
Accounts Payable421.8 M
Net DebtB
50 Day M A19.1084
Total Current Liabilities612.9 M
Other Operating Expenses1.4 B
Non Current Assets Total6.1 B
Forward Price Earnings32.8947
Stock Based Compensation15.3 M
When determining whether Comstock Resources is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if Comstock Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Comstock Resources Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Comstock Resources Stock:
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Is Oil & Gas Exploration & Production space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Comstock Resources. If investors know Comstock will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Comstock Resources listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.79)
Earnings Share
(0.76)
Revenue Per Share
4.371
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.10)
Return On Assets
(0.02)
The market value of Comstock Resources is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Comstock that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Comstock Resources' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Comstock Resources' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Comstock Resources' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Comstock Resources' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Comstock Resources' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Comstock Resources is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Comstock Resources' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.