BATL
Bearish signal
Factor checklist — research, not advice
A check leans with a bullish reading. A cross leans against it. A dash is unavailable or mixed.
- Insider Supports a bullish reading. Open-market purchases outweigh sales
- Congress Unavailable or mixed. No purchase disclosures in the stored window
- Financial indicators Pulls against a bullish reading. Current ratio 0.90 · operating margin -4.0%
- Narrative Pulls against a bullish reading. Stored narrative reading is in the bearish band
- Timing Unavailable or mixed. No stored price series
ACHAT TOTAL: 84 400 titres (~110 032,00 $ US)
- Insiders
- Hinds Gregory S.ROGERS WILLIAM D
- Total bought
-
$110,032
Avg buy (VWAP, 90d window) $1.30 vs last close —
- Total sold
-
—
Avg sell (VWAP, 90d window) $1.30 vs last close —
- Last activity
- 2026-08-27
- Last synced
-
2026-09-02 21:34:12
Sign in to request a sync of this company's price history and timing levels.
Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.
Avg buy and avg sell are volume-weighted prices (sum of shares × price, divided by shares) for Form 4 rows in this 90-day window that report both figures. A comparison with last close is market context for that average, not advice.
Recent Form 4
Filings in the 90-day window for this company. Value is shares × price from the filing. Research, not advice.
| Date | Person | Side | Shares | Price | Value | Form 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | Hinds Gregory S. | Buy | 14,400 | $1.31 | $18,864 | Form 4 |
| 2026-08-26 | Mayer Walter R | Sell | 6,479 | $1.30 | $8,436 | Form 4 |
| 2026-08-26 | ROGERS WILLIAM D | Buy | 70,000 | $1.30 | $91,168 | Form 4 |
Price (1 year)
Live chart from TradingView — independent market data, as price context around the filings, not the Quorum score. EMA 50/200 and Bollinger load by default. When the exchange is known it is sent as EXCHANGE:SYMBOL; otherwise TradingView resolves the ticker best-effort.
Market snapshot
Signal
Bearish signalScored 2026-09-01
BATL presents a compelling insider cluster buy signal post-Q2 earnings, suggesting insiders see value at current depressed levels; however, the deeply fragile financial foundation — negative free cash flow, interest…
The first sentence of the analysis written for BATL on 2026-09-01 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.
Financial ratios
| Metric | Trend | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Profit Margin | 10.8% | 40.9% | 45.4% | 65.1% | 63.2% | |
| Ebit Margin | 24.7% | -8.7% | 13.7% | 11.7% | -7.1% | |
| Ebitda Margin | 56.3% | 18.6% | 39.4% | 26.2% | 8.8% | |
| Operating Profit Margin | -4.0% | -6.1% | 8.0% | 42.4% | 36.2% | |
| Pretax Profit Margin | 7.2% | -16.4% | -1.4% | 5.2% | -9.9% | |
| Continuous Operations Profit Margin | 7.2% | -16.4% | -1.4% | 5.2% | -9.9% | |
| Net Profit Margin | 7.2% | -16.4% | -1.4% | 5.2% | -9.9% | |
| Bottom Line Profit Margin | -22.3% | -33.1% | -6.8% | 5.2% | -9.9% | |
| Current Ratio | 0.898 | 0.696 | 0.674 | 0.534 | 0.723 | |
| Quick Ratio | 0.898 | 0.696 | 0.674 | 0.534 | 0.723 | |
| Solvency Ratio | 0.240 | 0.084 | 0.172 | 0.176 | 0.052 | |
| Cash Ratio | 0.439 | 0.254 | 0.428 | 0.198 | 0.401 | |
| Price To Earnings Ratio | -0.504 | -0.441 | -10.446 | 8.518 | -5.632 | |
| Price To Earnings Growth Ratio | 0.012 | -0.001 | 0.058 | -0.051 | 0.064 | |
| Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio | 0.012 | -0.001 | 0.058 | -0.051 | 0.064 | |
| Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio | -0.504 | -0.441 | -10.446 | 8.670 | -5.632 | |
| Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio | 0.012 | -0.001 | 0.057 | -0.053 | 0.064 | |
| Price To Book Ratio | 0.096 | 0.156 | 0.905 | 1.874 | 2.501 | |
| Price To Sales Ratio | 0.113 | 0.146 | 0.716 | 0.442 | 0.559 | |
| Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio | -0.524 | -0.965 | -5.476 | -3.316 | 10.187 | |
| Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 0.476 | 0.801 | 8.983 | 2.012 | 2.324 | |
| Debt To Assets Ratio | 0.412 | 0.385 | 0.408 | 0.449 | 0.467 | |
| Debt To Equity Ratio | 0.981 | 0.913 | 1.134 | 2.577 | 2.863 | |
| Debt To Capital Ratio | 0.495 | 0.477 | 0.531 | 0.720 | 0.741 | |
| Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio | 0.483 | 0.445 | 0.446 | 0.683 | 0.740 | |
| Financial Leverage Ratio | 2.381 | 2.373 | 2.780 | 5.735 | 6.126 | |
| Working Capital Turnover Ratio | -10.965 | -5.746 | -3.657 | -6.496 | -8.263 | |
| Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 0.614 | 0.455 | 0.131 | 0.478 | 0.564 | |
| Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio | 0.237 | 0.182 | 0.080 | 0.219 | 0.240 | |
| Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio | -0.908 | -0.830 | -1.640 | -0.607 | 0.228 | |
| Debt Service Coverage Ratio | 3.220 | 0.873 | 1.042 | 1.603 | 2.964 | |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | -0.230 | -0.405 | 0.528 | 6.449 | 12.893 | |
| Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | 0.000 | 2.887 | 0.351 | 2.247 | 151.040 | |
| Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | 0.206 | 0.213 | 0.089 | 0.361 | 0.376 | |
| Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio | 0.524 | 0.546 | 0.379 | 0.622 | 1.296 | |
| Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio | 0.524 | 0.546 | 0.379 | 0.622 | 1.296 | |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Enterprise Value Multiple | 1.943 | 4.846 | 3.433 | 3.657 | 11.668 |
Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).
How the latest year compares
For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. ▲ higher ▼ lower
| Metric | Current | vs 1Y ago | vs 5Y avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Profit Margin | 10.8% | ▼-30.1% | ▼-34.3% |
| Ebit Margin | 24.7% | ▲33.4% | ▲17.8% |
| Ebitda Margin | 56.3% | ▲37.7% | ▲26.5% |
| Operating Profit Margin | -4.0% | ▲2.0% | ▼-19.3% |
| Pretax Profit Margin | 7.2% | ▲23.6% | ▲10.3% |
| Continuous Operations Profit Margin | 7.2% | ▲23.6% | ▲10.3% |
| Net Profit Margin | 7.2% | ▲23.6% | ▲10.3% |
| Bottom Line Profit Margin | -22.3% | ▲10.7% | ▼-8.9% |
| Current Ratio | 0.898 | ▲0.202 | ▲0.193 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.898 | ▲0.202 | ▲0.193 |
| Solvency Ratio | 0.240 | ▲0.155 | ▲0.095 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.439 | ▲0.186 | ▲0.095 |
| Price To Earnings Ratio | -0.504 | ▼-0.063 | ▲1.197 |
| Price To Earnings Growth Ratio | 0.012 | ▲0.013 | ▼-0.004 |
| Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio | 0.012 | ▲0.013 | ▼-0.004 |
| Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio | -0.504 | ▼-0.063 | ▲1.166 |
| Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio | 0.012 | ▲0.013 | ▼-0.004 |
| Price To Book Ratio | 0.096 | ▼-0.060 | ▼-1.010 |
| Price To Sales Ratio | 0.113 | ▼-0.033 | ▼-0.282 |
| Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio | -0.524 | ▲0.441 | ▼-0.505 |
| Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 0.476 | ▼-0.325 | ▼-2.443 |
| Debt To Assets Ratio | 0.412 | ▲0.027 | ▼-0.012 |
| Debt To Equity Ratio | 0.981 | ▲0.068 | ▼-0.712 |
| Debt To Capital Ratio | 0.495 | ▲0.018 | ▼-0.098 |
| Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio | 0.483 | ▲0.038 | ▼-0.076 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio | 2.381 | ▲0.009 | ▼-1.498 |
| Working Capital Turnover Ratio | -10.965 | ▼-5.219 | ▼-3.939 |
| Operating Cash Flow Ratio | 0.614 | ▲0.159 | ▲0.166 |
| Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio | 0.237 | ▲0.055 | ▲0.045 |
| Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio | -0.908 | ▼-0.078 | ▼-0.156 |
| Debt Service Coverage Ratio | 3.220 | ▲2.348 | ▲1.280 |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | -0.230 | ▲0.175 | ▼-4.077 |
| Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | 0.000 | ▼-2.887 | ▼-31.305 |
| Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | 0.206 | ▼-0.007 | ▼-0.043 |
| Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio | 0.524 | ▼-0.022 | ▼-0.149 |
| Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio | 0.524 | ▼-0.022 | ▼-0.149 |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Enterprise Value Multiple | 1.943 | ▼-2.903 | ▼-3.166 |
Key metrics
| Metric | Trend | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $18.6M | $28.3M | $158.0M | $158.6M | $159.4M | |
| Enterprise value | $180.5M | $174.5M | $298.4M | $343.9M | $293.0M | |
| EV / Sales | 1.09x | 0.90x | 1.35x | 0.96x | 1.03x | |
| EV / Op. cash flow | 4.62x | 4.93x | 16.96x | 4.37x | 4.27x | |
| EV / Free cash flow | -5.09x | -5.95x | -10.34x | -7.19x | 18.73x | |
| EV / EBITDA | 1.94x | 4.85x | 3.43x | 3.66x | 11.67x | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.74x | 4.06x | 1.61x | 1.97x | 5.32x | |
| Current ratio | 0.90x | 0.70x | 0.67x | 0.53x | 0.72x | |
| Income quality | 3.29x | -1.11x | -5.77x | 4.25x | -2.42x | |
| Graham number | $14 | — | — | $12 | — | |
| Graham net-net | -$14 | -$13 | -$14 | -$21 | -$15 | |
| Tax burden | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Interest burden | 29.2% | 188.4% | -10.1% | 44.0% | 139.5% | |
| Working capital | -$6.5M | -$23.6M | -$43.9M | -$76.9M | -$33.7M | |
| Invested capital | $386.3M | $347.1M | $328.4M | $312.1M | $263.9M | |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | -7.4% | -0.6% | 3.8% | -7.3% | |
| Operating ROA | -1.5% | -2.6% | 3.6% | 34.7% | 28.1% | |
| Return on tangible assets | 2.6% | -7.4% | -0.6% | 3.8% | -7.3% | |
| Return on equity | 6.1% | -17.6% | -1.7% | 21.9% | -44.5% | |
| Return on invested capital | -1.6% | -3.1% | 4.3% | 42.8% | 38.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | -3.3% | 5.0% | 47.5% | 38.5% | |
| Earnings yield | 63.9% | -112.6% | -1.9% | 11.7% | -17.8% | |
| Free cash flow yield | -190.8% | -103.7% | -18.3% | -30.2% | 9.8% | |
| Capex / Op. cash flow | 190.8% | 183.0% | 264.0% | 160.7% | 77.2% | |
| Capex / Depreciation | 143.0% | 122.2% | 82.0% | 2324.2% | 116.6% | |
| Capex / Sales | 45.2% | 33.4% | 21.0% | 35.3% | 18.6% | |
| SG&A / Sales | 8.9% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 4.9% | 5.8% | |
| R&D / Sales | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Stock comp / Sales | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |
| Intangibles / Total assets | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Days sales outstanding | 27d | 50d | 38d | 39d | 47d | |
| Days payables outstanding | 31d | 50d | 75d | 125d | 88d | |
| Operating cycle | 27d | 50d | 38d | 39d | 47d | |
| Cash conversion cycle | -5d | -0d | -37d | -87d | -41d |
Change by theme
Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — ▲ up ▼ down versus then.
Change over 1 year
Valuation
Market cap ▼-34.3%EV / Sales ▲+21.6%EV / EBITDA ▼-59.9%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-0.318Earnings yield ▲+1.765
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.237Return on assets ▲+0.100Return on invested capital ▲+0.015Return on capital employed ▲+0.017Operating ROA ▲+0.011Income quality ▲+4.400Tax burden 0.000
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-22.797Days payables outstanding ▼-18.536Operating cycle ▼-22.797Cash conversion cycle ▼-4.261Capex / Sales ▲+0.118R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▲+0.202Net debt / EBITDA ▼-2.317Working capital ▲+17135000.000Invested capital ▲+39273000.000Intangibles / Total assets n/a
Change over 5 years
Valuation
Market cap ▼-88.3%EV / Sales ▲+6.5%EV / EBITDA ▼-83.3%EV / Op. cash flow ▲+0.344Earnings yield ▲+0.816
Profitability
Return on equity ▲+0.506Return on assets ▲+0.098Return on invested capital ▼-0.400Return on capital employed ▼-0.401Operating ROA ▼-0.296Income quality ▲+5.712Tax burden 0.000
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-20.395Days payables outstanding ▼-56.739Operating cycle ▼-20.395Cash conversion cycle ▲+36.344Capex / Sales ▲+0.266R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▲+0.175Net debt / EBITDA ▼-3.579Working capital ▲+27211000.000Invested capital ▲+122447000.000Intangibles / Total assets n/a
Employee count
Peer market caps
Congressional trades
STOCK Act disclosures (90-day window)
Amounts are STOCK Act brackets as disclosed. Quorum does not turn a bracket into an exact price or a midpoint.
No STOCK Act disclosures for this company in this window.
Recent news
- 2026-08-12 Battalion Oil Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial and Operating Results HOUSTON, Aug. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Battalion Oil Corporation (NYSE American: BATL, “Battalion” or the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026. Key Highlights The Company ended the quarter with positive equity of $203.1 million.
- 2026-07-08 Why isn''t Battalion Oil stock soaring as Trump said Iran deal is over Battalion Oil (BATL) shares are slipping this morning even after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deal with Iran is over and that the US will “hit them hard tonight.” While Trump''s remarks throw a textbook bullish catalyst at the energy sector, as evidenced by the rising oil prices today, BATL is decoupled from the momentum because of several “idiosyncratic” risks.
- 2026-07-08 3 Beaten-Down Trades That Could Pay Off in a Market Correction A market that keeps climbing on thin volume tends to make careful investors nervous, not confident. That''s the setup Chris Rowe, founder of True Market Insiders, says he''s watching heading into the back half of 2026.
- 2026-07-01 Battalion Oil Announces Refinancing and Execution of Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Houston, Texas, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Battalion Oil Corporation (NYSE American: BATL, “Battalion” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of a refinancing of its senior secured credit facility through the execution of a Third Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”), which reduces borrowing costs, extends debt maturity through December 2029, defers principal amortization, and provides potential access to additional discretionary capital to support the Company''s ongoing operations and strategic objectives. Key Highlights Achieved improved terms with no new cash borrowing and no novation, as existing lenders rolled the full $162.5 million of outstanding term loans into the New Credit Agreement, emphasizing continued lender confidence in Battalion''s credit.