# Petrus Resources Ltd. (PRQ.TO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. TSX, Canada. Sector: Energy / Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels. Price C$1.80, market value C$269 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Petrus Resources Ltd. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **PEG: 0.03**. A PEG of 0.03 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 2.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.6×.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **EV / EBITDA: 8.8×**. Enterprise value is 8.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -9.0%** (5-yr avg 4.2%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 37.8%**. Petrus Resources Ltd. keeps 37.8% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 15.4%**. 15.4% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 13.3%**. 13.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 3.4%**. 3.4% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: 3.9%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 3.9%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -0.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces -0.5% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -2.2%** (3-yr -14.8%/yr, 5-yr 9.5%/yr). Revenue fell 2.2% over the last year, against 9.5% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 895.0%** (3-yr -46.2%/yr). Earnings per share rose 895.0%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.21**. Debt is 0.21 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 1.7×**. It would take 1.7 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Interest coverage: 2.4×**. Operating profit covers interest 2.4×, thin but manageable.
- **Current ratio: 0.41** (quick 0.40). Current liabilities exceed current assets, so the company depends on ongoing cash generation or refinancing to pay the next year's bills.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.54**. A Z-score of 2.54 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 6.67%** (C$0.12 per share, trailing). Petrus Resources Ltd. yields 6.67%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 43%**. 43% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Shareholder yield: 6.7%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 6.7% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 29.4%** (YTD 1.1%, 3-mo 5.2%). The shares are up 29.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -21.7%** (25.9% above the low). Trading 22% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 54**. An RSI of 54 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.13** (volatility 34%). Beta of 0.13 against the S&P/TSX Composite: the shares move much less than the market.

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