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Devon Energy Corp.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals align: quality at a discount to the sector
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4 of 5 met · composite above the peer average
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Devon's FCF yield of 17.1% runs +113% above the sector median 8.0%, a gap that stands out even within an energy sector where cash generation is the primary scorecard. Debt/EBITDA of 1.1× sits -48% below the sector median 2.1×, and ROE of 17.6% exceeds the sector median 12.4% by +42% — the balance sheet and returns both read above the sector. FCF did fall -28.3% year over year, trailing the sector median -21.5% by -32%, which the F-Score of 6/9 — solid but not exceptional — partly reflects. Consensus lines up with the realized three-year EPS record, and the last eight quarters show a strong beat rate; the most recent quarter came in at -8.6% above consensus, consistent with that track record. The current ratio of 0.98 falls -22% below the sector median 1.26, a modest short-term liquidity gap worth watching against the otherwise clean balance sheet.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 5/9 | 12% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is strengthening; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
DVN's free cash flow fell 21.5% year over year, well below the sector median. On November 3, track whether operating cash flow and capital expenditure trends narrow that gap, and whether Debt/EBITDA holds near its current 2.11×, which sits 48% below the sector median.
In DVN's most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR, focus on management's discussion of dividend and buyback commitments relative to FCF generation. The current ratio of 1.26 — 22% below the sector median — warrants a close read of the liquidity disclosures and any revolving credit facility terms.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies and line up one metric — FCF yield, Debt/EBITDA, or ROE. DVN posts an 8.00% FCF yield and ROE of 12.4%; place those figures beside your chosen peers to judge where DVN sits in the range without assuming any single name leads the group.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +106%-56%+11%+6%
Over 4 years: 0.730.871.271.10
Over 4 years: +57%-20%+4%+8%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 3 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +8% |
| — |
| CVX | Chevron | 6/9 | 7% | -7% | — |
| DVN | Devon Energy Corp. | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | — |
| EOG | EOG Resources | 4/9 | 17% | -4% | 28% |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy | 4/9 | 4% | +36% | 8% |
| HAL | Halliburton | 4/9 | 12% | -3% | 10% |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 7/9 | 10% | +12% | 28% |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 7/9 | 23% | -4% | 6% |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum | 4/9 | 7% | -2% | — |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 7/9 | 16% | -8% | — |
| SLB | Schlumberger | 4/9 | 14% | -2% | — |
| VLO | Valero Energy | 6/9 | 10% | -6% | 3% |
| WMB | Williams Companies | 7/9 | 21% | +14% | 35% |
A sample of 13 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.