Permian Resources Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Permian Resources Corp had return on equity of 9.6%, an operating margin of 28.9%, debt equal to 34.5% of equity and a current ratio of 0.78. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 26.5% | 31.8% | 8.4% | −134.4% | 36.0% | 47.3% | 35.1% | 34.9% | 28.9% | 35.8% |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 22.4% | 1.7% | −117.6% | 13.4% | 24.2% | 15.3% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 21.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −40.9% | 51.3% | 48.8% | 28.1% | 50.4% | 63.9% | 63.4% | 47.3% | 50.1% | 52.9% |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 6.7% | 0.5% | −23.3% | 5.2% | 18.1% | 10.3% | 12.7% | 9.6% | 11.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | 5.1% | 0.4% | −16.0% | 3.6% | 8.4% | 4.1% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| Asset turnover | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.62 |
| Debt to equity | 13.8% | 22.3% | 32.5% | 41.0% | 30.0% | 72.9% | 60.7% | 45.8% | 34.5% | 24.9% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 19.9x | 10.7x | 1.4x | n/m | 6.0x | 10.5x | 6.2x | 5.9x | 5.2x | 7.8x |
| Effective tax rate | 26.4% | 21.8% | 26.1% | — | 0.4% | 13.8% | 15.1% | 19.4% | 20.5% | 21.5% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 101.3% | 23.8% | 11.0% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 7.5% | 20.9% | 21.1% | 16.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −232.4% | 228.9% | >999% | — | 375.7% | 264.6% | 415.5% | 240.2% | 271.3% | 245.9% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 2.8% | 29.8% | 47.4% | 47.9% | 40.9% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 7.2% | 19.7% | 17.6% | 16.6% |
| 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 | 32.5% | 32.8% | 36.6% | 24.8% | 29.6% | 23.1% | 33.7% | 50.0% |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 16.7% | 23.9% | 17.3% | 4.5% | 29.0% | 3.1% | 42.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.5% | 64.9% | 62.7% | 35.4% | 44.4% | 56.8% | 44.0% | 63.3% |
| Current ratio | 0.68 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.66 | 0.62 |
| Debt to equity | 46.5% | 45.8% | 42.6% | 42.3% | 35.4% | 34.5% | 31.3% | 24.9% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.2bn of assets due within a year against $2.0bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.2bn short-term assets against $4.5bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $132m of cash against $3.0bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 25% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 30% to 25% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $4.0bn of operating cash flow against $3.0bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.1bn against $263m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Permian Resources'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 5 / 20
Net income has been a median 4.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 33.4%; its worst year was -86.4%.
- Cash conversion 20 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 52.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 179.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.4% 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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