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Crescent Energy Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Crescent Energy Co had return on equity of 3.2%, an operating margin of 6.4%, debt equal to 106.9% of equity and a current ratio of 1.48. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Operating margin20.9%−49.5%32.8%42.0%13.6%7.5%6.4%27.8%
Net margin0.0%0.0%−1.3%3.2%2.8%−3.9%3.7%1.3%
Free-cash-flow margin44.7%54.5%8.0%12.6%3.6%22.7%24.1%38.8%
Return on equity——−2.8%12.4%5.2%−4.7%3.2%1.2%
Return on assets—0.0%−0.4%1.7%1.1%−1.4%1.2%0.5%
Asset turnover—0.190.330.550.370.370.330.40
Current ratio—1.830.780.580.820.951.480.67
Debt to equity——148.3%144.7%97.7%97.1%106.9%91.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)4.2xn/m9.5x13.4x2.2x1.0x0.8x3.5x
Effective tax rate0.1%——7.0%6.7%—17.1%51.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.0%0.0%7.8%20.5%35.6%19.1%22.9%4.9%
Free cash flow ÷ net income———399.0%128.0%—648.0%>999%
Dividends ÷ net income———28.5%50.5%—86.6%240.3%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.0%15.6%7.1%39.4%11.0%17.3%8.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $11.8bn
Short-term assets $921mLonger-term assets $10.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $11.8bn
Short-term liabilities $1.4bnLonger-term liabilities $5.2bnShareholders' equity $5.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $921m of assets due within a year against $1.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $921m short-term assets against $5.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $6m of cash against $4.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 92% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 377% to 92% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.1bn of operating cash flow against $4.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.3bn against $376m of interest.

From Crescent Energy Co's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

49 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Crescent Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 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 0.5% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Durability 11 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 20.0%; its worst year was 7.1%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 5 years, at a median 16.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Crescent Energy Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Crescent Energy Co.