Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.20 EPS

Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by ($0.20), Zacks reports. Advantage Energy had a net margin of 9.39% and a return on equity of 3.75%. The firm had revenue of $130.41 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $174.72 million.

Advantage Energy Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:AAVVF traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $7.81. The company had a trading volume of 3,864 shares, compared to its average volume of 57,314. Advantage Energy has a 12-month low of $5.54 and a 12-month high of $9.50. The company has a fifty day moving average of $8.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $8.23. The company has a market cap of $1.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.24 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.40 and a quick ratio of 0.40.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Zacks Research upgraded Advantage Energy from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. ATB Cormark Capital Markets cut shares of Advantage Energy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating on shares of Advantage Energy in a report on Thursday, December 11th. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Advantage Energy from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Raymond James Financial raised Advantage Energy from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

About Advantage Energy

Advantage Energy Ltd. is a Calgary-based exploration and production company focused on the development of natural gas, condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Montney formation of western Canada. The company holds and operates an extensive land position across northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, where it employs multi-stage fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques to optimize recovery from low-permeability reservoirs. Advantage Energy’s asset portfolio is structured to deliver stable gas production alongside enhanced liquids yields, supporting its strategy of balancing volume growth with cash-flow generation.

Advantage Energy’s operations are anchored in its core Montney acreage, where it has established several gas processing and compression facilities to gather, treat and market its production.