Ring Energy, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Ring Energy, Inc. had return on equity of -4.1%, an operating margin of -11.2%, debt equal to 0.1% of equity and a current ratio of 0.66. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 68.0% | 76.0% | 76.8% | 98.5% | 96.4% | 97.8% | 99.5% | 99.9% | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | −184.9% | 23.9% | 16.6% | 30.7% | −237.7% | 48.8% | 55.2% | 40.4% | 36.3% | −11.2% | −53.0% |
| Net margin | −122.0% | 2.6% | 7.5% | 15.1% | −224.2% | 1.7% | 39.9% | 29.0% | 18.4% | −11.3% | −68.0% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.3% | 21.2% | 54.7% | 52.7% | 62.7% | 36.4% | 56.3% | 54.3% | 52.5% | 48.3% | 46.2% |
| Return on equity | −13.0% | 0.5% | 2.2% | 6.0% | −61.9% | 1.1% | 28.8% | 14.5% | 8.2% | −4.1% | −27.6% |
| Return on assets | −12.2% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 3.8% | −31.0% | 0.5% | 14.2% | 7.9% | 4.8% | −2.5% | −16.4% |
| Asset turnover | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.24 |
| Current ratio | 8.27 | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.66 | 0.56 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.66 | 0.54 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | n/m | — | 46.6x | 4.3x | n/m | 6.6x | 8.3x | 3.3x | 3.1x | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | — | 85.6% | 27.7% | 31.9% | — | 2.6% | 5.7% | 0.1% | 23.3% | — | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 33.0% | 43.0% | 3.9% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | 805.3% | 730.0% | 349.9% | — | >999% | 141.0% | 186.9% | 284.9% | — | — |
| 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 | 33.4% | 28.3% | 28.3% | 28.4% | −70.0% | −37.6% | −192.5% | 48.0% |
| Net margin | 38.0% | 6.8% | 11.5% | 25.0% | −65.7% | −19.2% | −299.4% | 61.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 57.3% | 55.0% | 35.1% | 40.1% | 55.7% | 65.3% | 31.4% | 37.4% |
| Current ratio | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.63 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.40 | 0.54 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $61m of assets due within a year against $113m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $61m short-term assets against $415m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$172m against $36m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Ring Energy'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 1.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 96.6%, moving by 10.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 31.2%; its worst year was -74.9%.
- Cash conversion 19 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 9 years, at a median 48.8% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 216.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 2.2% 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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