| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 4/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 6/6 |
| Dividends | 2/6 |
HTG Stock Overview
Hunting PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes tools and components for the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide.
Hunting Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | UK£2.21 |
| 52 Week High | UK£2.97 |
| 52 Week Low | UK£1.43 |
| Beta | 1.64 |
| 1 Month Change | 37.99% |
| 3 Month Change | 14.61% |
| 1 Year Change | 6.01% |
| 3 Year Change | -58.90% |
| 5 Year Change | -61.69% |
| Change since IPO | 29.71% |
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Shareholder Returns
| HTG | GB Energy Services | GB Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -0.2% | -3.1% | -1.3% |
| 1Y | 6.0% | -8.3% | 7.8% |
Return vs Industry: HTG exceeded the UK Energy Services industry which returned -11.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: HTG underperformed the UK Market which returned 8.7% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| HTG volatility | |
|---|---|
| HTG Average Weekly Movement | 6.7% |
| Energy Services Industry Average Movement | 7.8% |
| Market Average Movement | 5.0% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in GB Market | 10.8% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in GB Market | 2.5% |
Stable Share Price: HTG is not significantly more volatile than the rest of UK stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 7% a week.
Volatility Over Time: HTG's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874 | 1,923 | Jim Johnson | https://www.huntingplc.com |
Hunting PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes tools and components for the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide. The company offers perforating guns and hardware, energetics charges, and instrumentation products; and connections, oil country tubular goods, drilling tools, subsea equipment, intervention tools, and electronics. It also provides mud motors and drill pipe products; deep hole drilling and precision machining services; and well intervention services.
Hunting Fundamentals Summary
| HTG fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | US$485.48m |
| Earnings (TTM) | -US$58.70m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$492.70m |
1.0x
P/S Ratio-8.3x
P/E RatioIs HTG overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| HTG income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$492.70m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$406.40m |
| Gross Profit | US$86.30m |
| Expenses | US$145.00m |
| Earnings | -US$58.70m |
Last Reported Earnings
Jun 30, 2021
Next Earnings Date
Mar 03, 2022
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -0.36 |
| Gross Margin | 17.52% |
| Net Profit Margin | -11.91% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 0.5% |
How did HTG perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
2.7%
Current Dividend Yield-22%
Payout RatioValuation
Is Hunting undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
15.2%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: HTG (£2.21) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£2.6)
Significantly Below Fair Value: HTG is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: HTG is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the European Energy Services industry average.
PE vs Market: HTG is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the UK market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HTG's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: HTG is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.5x) compared to the GB Energy Services industry average (1.1x).
Future Growth
How is Hunting forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 7 analysts?
108.1%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: HTG is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered faster growth than the savings rate (0.9%).
Earnings vs Market: HTG is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered above average market growth.
High Growth Earnings: HTG's is expected to become profitable in the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: HTG's revenue (12.1% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the UK market (4.9% per year).
High Growth Revenue: HTG's revenue (12.1% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: HTG's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (2.5%).
Past Performance
How has Hunting performed over the past 5 years?
0.3%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: HTG is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: HTG is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: HTG is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 0.3% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare HTG's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: HTG is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Energy Services industry (18.2%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: HTG has a negative Return on Equity (-6.6%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Financial Health
How is Hunting's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: HTG's short term assets ($510.4M) exceed its short term liabilities ($84.3M).
Long Term Liabilities: HTG's short term assets ($510.4M) exceed its long term liabilities ($46.1M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: HTG has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: HTG's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 13.8% to 0.5% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable HTG has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: HTG is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 0.3% per year.
Dividend
What is Hunting current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
2.68%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: HTG's dividend (2.68%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (1.37%).
High Dividend: HTG's dividend (2.68%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (4.04%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: HTG's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: HTG's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: HTG is paying a dividend but the company is unprofitable.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: HTG's dividends in 3 years are forecast to be covered by earnings (56.4% payout ratio).
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
5.0yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jim Johnson (60 yo)
4.33yrs
Tenure
US$1,117,000
Compensation
Mr. Arthur James Johnson, also known as Jim, has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hunting plc since September 1, 2017. Mr. Johnson was the Group Chief Operating Officer of Hunting plc since 201...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Jim's total compensation ($USD1.12M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD811.52K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jim's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: HTG's management team is seasoned and experienced (5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: HTG's board of directors are considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Hunting PLC's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Hunting PLC
- Ticker: HTG
- Exchange: LSE
- Founded: 1874
- Industry: Oil and Gas Equipment and Services
- Sector: Energy
- Implied Market Cap: UK£358.043m
- Shares outstanding: 162.38m
- Website: https://www.huntingplc.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Hunting PLC
- 5 Hanover Square
- London
- Greater London
- W1S 1HQ
- United Kingdom
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2022/01/21 21:16 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2022/01/21 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2021/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.