Battalion OIL Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Battalion OIL Corp had an operating margin of -4.0% and a current ratio of 0.90. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −64.1% | 22.1% | 18.9% | −12.0% | −129.2% | −5.1% | −498.7% | 189.3% | 40.7% | −176.6% | 36.2% | 42.4% | 8.0% | −6.1% | −4.0% | −3.2% |
| Net margin | −67.0% | 2.2% | −1.3% | −21.7% | −122.3% | 27.5% | −349.4% | 141.7% | 20.3% | −154.9% | −9.9% | 5.2% | −1.4% | −16.4% | 7.2% | −24.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 36.5% | 33.3% | 27.9% | 18.5% | 35.5% | 54.4% | — | −239.2% | −117.7% | 33.8% | — | — | — | 18.2% | 23.5% | 16.6% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −177.7% | −7.7% | −85.9% | 19.6% | — | 95.3% | 4.1% | −35.7% | −36.9% | 25.0% | −4.0% | −88.4% | — | −46.9% |
| Return on assets | — | 0.9% | −0.5% | −2.0% | −23.5% | 5.4% | −39.1% | 21.0% | 2.5% | −18.9% | −7.7% | 4.2% | −0.6% | −7.0% | 2.7% | −8.9% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.37 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.94 | 1.89 | 3.14 | 0.89 | 0.58 | 0.72 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 2.19 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | >999% | 156.2% | 220.3% | 211.4% | >999% | 38.2% | 51.2% | 178.1% | 314.1% | 277.9% | 294.3% | >999% | — | 80.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | 1.1x | 1.1x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28.2x | 0.5x | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | 29.2% | — | — | — | −0.3% | — | −0.9% | 67.6% | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | 0.0% | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 15.5% | 13.9% | 3.8% | — | 269.5% | 147.3% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | >999% | — | — | — | 197.8% | — | −168.7% | −580.3% | — | — | — | — | — | 329.1% | — |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 0.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 4.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | −36.1% | 7.1% | −0.4% | 1.9% | −33.2% | −5.4% | 14.1% |
| Net margin | 47.8% | −44.7% | 12.7% | 11.2% | −1.7% | 5.6% | −144.2% | 32.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −11.2% | 13.5% | — | 23.8% | 64.3% | −36.6% | 5.4% | 18.2% |
| Current ratio | 0.47 | 0.70 | 1.16 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 2.19 |
| Debt to equity | 408.1% | >999% | — | — | — | — | 100.8% | 77.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $107m of assets due within a year against $49m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $83m of cash against $158m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 78% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 285% to 78% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $27m of operating cash flow against $158m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$5m against $25m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Battalion OIL's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median -10.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -5.3%; its worst year was -465.4%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 6 years, at a median 15.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 47.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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