Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. had return on equity of 28.1%, an operating margin of 34.0%, debt equal to 42.2% of equity and a current ratio of 0.60. 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.

Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Sept 2020	2021Sept 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Operating margin	33.2%	−5.4%	−281.2%	−87.7%	−17.0%	4.1%	−10.3%	9.5%	39.6%	63.3%	45.8%	37.5%	34.0%	38.4%
Net margin	18.0%	−5.7%	−401.1%	−89.9%	−12.3%	26.7%	−8.9%	45.7%	−43.5%	36.7%	29.8%	21.7%	41.0%	24.5%
Free-cash-flow margin	50.2%	45.6%	7.8%	−22.7%	2.9%	22.3%	4.6%	76.0%	56.7%	52.9%	53.8%	55.3%	53.7%	48.4%
Return on equity	8.6%	−2.4%	−124.8%	−78.2%	−13.6%	26.3%	−6.6%	—	−59.2%	42.5%	29.6%	19.1%	28.1%	18.7%
Return on assets	7.1%	−2.1%	−100.9%	−40.9%	−6.9%	17.8%	−4.7%	19.5%	−17.8%	26.1%	15.3%	9.2%	14.9%	9.7%
Asset turnover	0.40	0.36	0.25	0.45	0.56	0.67	0.53	0.43	0.41	0.71	0.51	0.42	0.36	0.40
Current ratio	1.96	1.03	1.01	2.04	2.45	7.93	7.01	1.75	0.44	0.67	0.67	0.55	0.60	0.45
Debt to equity	10.5%	2.8%	13.6%	76.3%	1.7%	1.8%	—	—	27.1%	16.8%	89.2%	56.7%	42.2%	45.4%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	14.6x	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	48.0x	n/m	1.4x	13.2x	186.7x	5.4x	4.5x	4.2x	6.1x
Effective tax rate	43.0%	—	—	—	—	−4.0%	—	2.0%	—	21.8%	23.6%	24.0%	23.0%	22.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	5.3%	0.3%	0.0%	1.5%	4.8%	0.6%	1.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	279.7%	—	—	—	—	83.5%	—	166.3%	—	144.3%	180.8%	255.0%	130.8%	197.5%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43.5%	—	21.2%	24.8%	34.7%	20.7%	28.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26.2%	21.4%	14.7%	13.7%	13.6%	15.8%	14.6%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
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	17.1%	31.2%	48.3%	33.7%	27.0%	26.9%	38.3%	52.6%
Net margin	25.1%	10.6%	27.9%	35.7%	15.3%	87.8%	−61.8%	52.7%
Free-cash-flow margin	69.1%	64.6%	49.2%	36.9%	59.5%	66.7%	39.5%	36.7%
Current ratio	0.70	0.55	0.44	0.64	0.62	0.60	0.32	0.45
Debt to equity	56.9%	52.8%	46.8%	49.4%	64.8%	39.1%	43.5%	42.2%

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 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $1.3bn

Short-term assets $104mLonger-term assets $1.2bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $1.3bn

Short-term liabilities $232mLonger-term liabilities $405mShareholders' equity $633m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $104m of assets due within a year against $232m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $104m short-term assets against $405m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $21m of cash against $267m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 42% of equity.
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 $239m of operating cash flow against $267m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $186m against $31m of interest.

From Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.'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

66 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Riley Exploration Permian'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 15 / 20

Net income has been a median 9.6% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 31.9%; its worst year was -31.1%.
Cash conversion 18 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 8 years, at a median 49.4% of revenue.
Discipline 10 / 20

The diluted share count rose 52.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.3% 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 Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.