Everything behind the call on W&T Offshore, Inc. 6 sections, ordered the way risk stacks up: survival first, quality and price in the middle, context last. The Beacon gives you the read. This is where you check the work.
The five reads
Why the reads disagreeread this before the sections
Trend and Event are pulling against each other and one side is clearly ahead. The net lands at -4 over 30d, a leaning reading on a dispersion of 0.30, which makes this a question of size rather than of direction.
Leans up · and why
1 of 4 independent evidence families agree.
Leans down · and why
earnings, risk flags vote down. 3 of 4 families lean the other way. The conflict that matters is Trend against Event.
What it changes
Size, not direction. separately, the tail model puts a very bad day at −11.0%; and the binding position cap is 2.6% — the tail cap is the one that binds.
Global tapeOverseas lean0.00%
FrankfurtUWV0.00%⏱ZurichUWV0.00%⏱
Where else this company trades. A closed venue shows its last close, marked ⏱ — not a live price. Overseas lean is the average move across the 2 overseas venues listed above, excluding the home listing — a read on overnight sentiment rather than a signal.
The bottom linestart hereAs of 2026-09-18
Chart pattern
Above both averages
The 50-day sits above the 200-day
50-day $3.69 · +4.2% 200-day $3.08 · +24.7%
Earnings
In 48 days
5 Nov 2026
beat 3–4 of the last 8 cohort P(beat) 53% · n=38,388
Valuation
-36.5× forward
Against consensus earnings
5yr median 5×
Dividend
1.04%
Forward annual yield at today's price
Risk flags
2 on watch
5 checks run, 0 clear
beta -1.07 · vol 48% ann. worst drawdown -40%
New to this? Every metric carries a plain-English read beside it, and an ⓘ next to a label opens the definition. Anything unfamiliar is also defined at the foot of the page under Glossary.
In one paragraphwhat the company actually does179 chars
W&T Offshore, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of America.
↳ Plain EnglishBefore anything else: can this company pay its bills? These blocks check the balance sheet, whether your slice of ownership is being diluted, and whether the accounting looks honest.
Piotroski F-score
F 4/8WATCH
Piotroski F-score 4 of 8. Nine pass/fail tests covering profitability, leverage and operating efficiency; seven or more is strong.
Balance sheetSep 7, 2026
Solvency and liquidity ratios
Leverage · long-term debt / equitythe borrowings that outlive a bad quarter0.37
Your ownership stake
Stock-based comp / revenueIN LINE
2.4%
Stock comp is the dilution pressure a buyback has to outrun. We read up to 5% of revenue as modest and above 12% as heavy — our own reading band, not a measured peer statistic.
Diluted vs basic share gapTHIN OVERHANG
0.00%
Options and awards already granted, expressed as the gap between the diluted and basic counts.
Accounting forensicsSEC filings
Red-flag x-rayGRADE D
50 / 100
0 critical · 2 watch · 0 clear of 2 scored tests
0 of 5 checks clear
Red-flag x-ray · every check, passes included
CheckStatusValueWhat it looks for
Bankruptcy distressNAn/aAltman-Z not available · fundamentals
Earnings manipulationNAn/aBeneish-M not available · fundamentals
LeverageNAn/aLong-term debt / equity not available · fundamentals
Profitability qualityWATCHF 4/8Piotroski F-score 4 of 8 · fundamentals
Filing forensicsWATCH1 flag1 filing red flag on the latest 10-K · forensic
5 checks, 2 watch. The passes are shown because a score built from five checks means something different from one built from three.
02
Business quality
The quality blocks below render whatever the filings support; anything absent says so in place.
↳ Plain EnglishMargins tell you how much of each sales dollar the company keeps. Return on capital tells you whether reinvesting that money creates value. Both are read against what the filings support, not against a target.
12-1 momentum
+113.9%EX LAST MONTH
Return over the last year excluding the most recent month — the standard momentum factor, which drops the short-term reversal.
Profitability
Data unavailableNo parsed income statement is on file, so margins, returns on capital and cash generation cannot be computed for this name.
Growth & relative strength
Trailing return by period
1 month
+1.6%
3 months
+22.1%
6 months
+30.2%
Year to date
+143.5%
1 year
+116.6%
Relative-strength rankTOP 16%
84 / 100
Where this name's 3-month return against the S&P 500 ranks across the market — a quarter's standing, not the year's.
cohort n=38,388 · this name's own n=8 · since 2000
Beat rate · this nameBEAT 3–4 OF THE LAST 8
4 of 8
Its own record against consensus. 8 prints is a small sample, which is why the cohort rate above carries the probability.
n=8 measured prints
Fell after a beatP(FELL | BEAT)
54%
A beat is not a plan: this share of them still closed lower on the day.
n=13 beats — a conditional rate over its own denominator, not a share of all prints
Rose after a missP(ROSE | MISS)
29%
The mirror of the line above, over its own denominator.
n=7 misses
Typical earnings moveMEDIAN ABSOLUTE
±5.9%
Unsigned magnitudes from its own prints. Direction is not part of this read.
n=21 prints · p90 ±18.5% · worst 22.2% (2021-08-03)
Reaction: beat vs missASYMMETRIC
-1.1% / -4.7%
The average day-one move after a beat and after a miss. A miss dropping the stock further than a beat lifts it is the asymmetry worth sizing for.
n=12 beats · n=8 misses — each average over its own denominator
Dividends & income
Dividend yieldforward annual
1.04%
The cash return the payment alone provides at today's price.
Inventory ledger
Data unavailableNo inventory detail is tagged in this company's filings. The ledger needs the XBRL inventory components, which a business without physical goods does not report.
Segments & geography
Data unavailableRevenue by segment and region is not on file for this name, so product and geographic concentration are not shown.
↳ Plain EnglishA multiple is what the market charges for a dollar of this company's earnings, cash or revenue; the trend and the options tape say what the price is doing around it. Together they are the timing picture, not the quality one.
Trend
Above 50 & 2002 OF 3 AVERAGES
50-day $3.69 · 200-day $3.08. Price above both is the structural definition of an uptrend.
The setup right now
Price · 504 sessions2024-09-13 → 2026-09-17
price50-day200-day
How to read this
Down 2.04% on the session.
Follow the solid line: each point is a session close. Compare it to the 50-day average — while price stays above it the short-term trend is up, and a drop below is the first structural warning.
Market cap$579.62M
Day range$3.83 – $3.98
Above 52-week low+156%
Realized volatility48% ann.
Worst drawdown-40.2%
Momentum (RSI-14)COOL
50
030 oversold70 hot100
Where momentum sits on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold; the middle says the move has room either way.
Typical day (ATR-14)±5.5%
$0.21
The average true range — how far this stock moves on an ordinary day. It sets the scale a stop has to clear.
MACDBELOW SIGNAL
0.00
The short-term trend against its own signal line. The sign is the read; the size is not a target.
Bollinger position45% OF RANGE
Mid band
Where price sits inside its own volatility band. The edges are where a move is stretched, not where it reverses.
20-day VWAPPRICE BELOW
$3.91
The volume-weighted average of the last month. Price above it means recent buyers are, on average, in profit.
Chandelier exitLONG INTACT
$3.67
A volatility-based trailing stop, set a few average ranges below the recent high.
5 Nov 2026 · in 48 daysNext earningsThe next scheduled catalyst. The forward guide usually moves the tape more than the printed number. Date as the vendor last stated it on 9 Aug; companies confirm about three weeks ahead, so it can still move.
2026-09-25 · in 7 daysConsumer SentimentA scheduled macro release. It moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Setup & oddsNightly
Direction oddsnext 12m
46 / 53cohort n=3,948
A lean, not a forecast. These are the cohort's odds — comparable names over the window — not this stock's own history.
Pullback riskoverstretch read
In line1.07× segment rate · n=13,086
Historically, mid names in this tape state saw a ≥10% pullback within 63 trading days in 85% of cases (n=13,086).
Overstretchvs the 20-day mean
0.3σ
How many standard deviations price sits from its 20-day mean. Beyond 2σ is genuinely stretched; inside it is ordinary.
Bottom zoneif it breaks down
$3 – $43 supports
Where prior demand appeared: S1 at $3.81, Pivot low at $3.56, Pivot low at $3.51.
Slide scorefalling-knife check
0 / 100Neutral
A composite of consecutive down days, gap risk and volume expansion. Low means any decline is orderly.
Signal
The odds lean, the stretch qualifies it.
Historically, names tripping 2 validated red flags finished lower 12 months later in 53% of cases (n=3,948) — a survivor-biased floor, not a forecast.
Valuation
Multiples
Forward P/EAnalysts expect a loss over the next twelve months, so there are no earnings for the price to be a multiple of.Not meaningful5yr median 5×
None of these ratios has a positive denominator, so none of them prices this company. 1 is marked not meaningful because the figure it divides into is negative — shown as absent rather than as a low, cheap-looking number. Each priced multiple is read against this stock's own history where a five-year range is on file, so the question is whether today is dear for this name rather than for the market. The multiples are computed separately from the quote above and are not re-priced as it moves, so they can lag it.
Price horizon & timingSep 17, 2026
Entryzone of pivot low + S1
$3.90In zone deep
Where the composer's entry sits, on its own stated basis.
Target52-week high
$5.06$5–$5
A zone, not a price. It is where the composer expects supply, not a forecast.
StopTucked under the entry zone
$3.35risk $0.55/sh
The level that says the setup is wrong, on the basis named beside it.
Risk / rewardtarget vs stop
2.11:1
Reward against risk on the composer's own levels.
Measure from a price$
To the 50-day
-4.0%
short-term trend line · $3.69
To the 200-day
-19.8%
primary trend line · $3.08
To the composer's target
+31.8%
52-week high · set Sep 17, 2026 · $5.06
To the composer's stop
-12.7%
Tucked under the entry zone · set Sep 17, 2026 · $3.35
To the 52-week high
+32.3%
highest print of the past year · $5.08
To the 52-week low
-60.9%
lowest print of the past year · $1.50
A typical day (ATR)
$3.63 – $4.05
±$0.21 average true range
Type any price to re-measure every distance from it. Each row is a level this page already states somewhere else, so nothing here is a new number — and none of it is a recommendation to trade at that price.
Data unavailableThis name has no listed options chain, so there is no dealer gamma to map. Regime, flip level, walls and the implied move all need a chain to exist.
Options tape
Data unavailableNo options chain is connected for this ticker. Max pain, the put/call ratio, the implied move and the open-interest ladder all need the chain feed.
0413F quarterly · Form 4 dailyNET SIGNAL -4
Ownership & flow
Institutions hold 55%, short interest is 15.62% of float.
↳ Plain EnglishWho is buying and selling, and what they had to disclose. Institutions file 13F 45 days after quarter end, executives file Form 4 within two days, and Congress discloses under the STOCK Act with a 30–45 day legal lag. Every one of those is a look backwards.
Net signal
-4LEANING · 30d
Earnings -2
Risk flags -2
0 bull / 2 bear factors. The points sum to the net beside the label; nothing here is weighted after the fact.
Independent factors scored and netted to -4 over 30d, a leaning reading. 2 of 9 factors carried a direction; the others scored zero and do not vote. The signal describes where the data leans, not what to do about it.
Cross-category readSep 18, 2026
Signal
3 of 4 families lean down.
Descriptive only — a decorrelated read of where the evidence agrees and conflicts, not a forecast and not advice. Patterns are condition lists, not outcome predictions, and are not yet validated to the proof bar. Dispersion of 0.30 means the disagreement is real but not a split decision.
A check on whether independent evidence families agree, rather than a second score.
Wall Street
Data unavailableNo sell-side firm publishes research on this name. There is no consensus rating, no price target and no estimate revisions to weigh — for a company this size that is the norm rather than a gap in our data.
Who owns it13F quarterly · Form 4 daily
Institutional ownershipRETAIL-HEAVY
54.9%
The share held by 13F filers. It describes last quarter's positioning, not today's — filings land up to 45 days after quarter end.
Insider ownershipOFFICERS & DIRECTORS
36.1%
The share held by the people running the company.
Short interest (float)CROWDED
15.62%
Falling — shares short changed -16.7% over 30 days. A crowded short is fuel in both directions.
Free float66% OF SHARES
97.60M
Shares actually available to trade, excluding insider and restricted holdings.
Dollar volume (ADV)68th PCTILE
$15.49M/day
Average dollars traded per day, and where that ranks cross-sectionally. Thin liquidity is a cost you pay on the way out, not just on the way in.
Borrow feeData unavailableWe do not license securities-lending data, so the annualized cost of borrowing shares to short is not something we can show. Short interest and days-to-cover above are the closest read we can source.
The story · news & sentimentRolling window
Why it moved todayPEER COMOVE
-2.04%
WTI fell −2.04% since the last close alongside 3 of 3 peers (median 1.94%) — a sector/market move, not company-specific.
Matched · Sep 18, 2026
Congress
Data unavailableNo congressional trades in this name have been disclosed under the STOCK Act. Lawmakers' disclosed trades cluster heavily in large caps, so an empty list is the usual state.
053 graded callsHIGH VOLATILITY
Risk & track record
Beta -1.07, 48% annual volatility, a -40% worst drawdown, and 3 of 8 risk surfaces clear.
↳ Plain EnglishWhat owning it does to a portfolio, what the model votes against, and how often our own calls have been right. Every call is graded when it resolves, and the ones still open stay visible.
A very bad day (EVT)
−11.0%1-IN-200 DAY
Fitted to the tail of the return distribution rather than assuming a bell curve. Size the position so a day like this is survivable.
What it does to a portfolio5-year window
Beyond the tail (ES)1-IN-1,000 DAY
−15.7%
The average loss on a 1-in-1,000 day or worse — deeper in the tail than the 1-in-200 figure above and further than the measured history reaches, so it reads as the scale of a crash, not a forecast of one.
Tail understatementNEAR-NORMAL
1.2×
The tail runs close to what a normal curve would predict, so volatility is a reasonable proxy for risk here — which is not true of every name.
Max drawdownWORST FALL
-40.2%
The deepest peak-to-trough fall in the measured window. Only hold a position you can watch do this.
Beta (vs the market)LOW FIT
-1.07
The market explains about 2.5% of its daily moves, so this beta says little about how it tracks the index — most of its movement is its own.
3-year beta 0.46
Annualized volatilityELEVATED
48%
How far it swings over a year, from its own realized returns.
Tactical phaseNIGHTLY READ
Neutral
Selling pressure22
Buying pressure0
Overheat2
State: neutral — No dominant short-horizon pressure in the tape.
0-100 · high = active · lit = the engine's own phase, cohort-banded
What votes againstNightly
MedEarningslatest EPS missed by 43%4 quarters · -2
Ranked by the size of each factor's own point contribution to the net signal — these are the model's stated reasons, not a written bear case. Each one is scored from the source named beside it.
Failure modes · by company type
Data unavailableFailure modes are routed per company type, and only the bank-run and crypto-treasury rulebooks are validated so far. This name routes as unknown, so there is no cohort-specific checklist to run. A generic list would read as analysis without being any.
The risk case · why not to buy8 surfaces · nightly
Suggested position capmax defensible size
2.6%tail cap binds
max defensible size 2.6% - tail binds
Avoid score6-month distress
18.6%1.3× its cohort · $1–$5 names
Observational 6-month large-drawdown risk ranking — not a forecast, not alpha. Historical distress rate for this $1–$5 names segment: 14.8%. This name reads 1.3× that base rate.
LowDistress screenThe distress model did not score this name in the latest run, so this surface is unmeasured rather than clear.Not scored
MedPosition size, not conviction, is the binding constrainthalf-Kelly 28.1% · tail cap 2.6% · category cap 54.6%. The tail cap binds, so 2.6% is the number (n=120,445). We show which one binds rather than the friendliest.Sizing
LowLottery-ticket behaviourIts best 21-day return sits at 3.9% against a 10.8% cohort 90th-percentile threshold — below the line where forward returns have historically turned negative.Behaviour
LowCash runwayNot scored for this name.Not scored
LowPost-earnings driftDrift odds at full strength (+3.21% / 63-day spread reference from measured post-earnings drift).Timing
LowDividend riskNot scored for this name.Not scored
LowRestatement historyFiling history is not deep enough to check for restatements.Not scored
LowCrowded shortNot in a warn state: the crowded-short model only publishes when short interest and thin liquidity coincide, and neither condition is met here.Not scored
Signal
3 of 8 surfaces clear.
8 surfaces checked, 3 clear. The binding constraint is position size — the tail cap is the one that binds. Each row states which surface it is and what it measured; a surface that could not be scored says so rather than counting as clear.
Who should skip it
Skip it if any of these is you
You can't sit through -40%
That is this name's deepest measured fall, on 48% annualized volatility. A drawdown of that size is normal here, not exceptional.
You'd size it like a core holding
The binding cap is 2.6% of a portfolio. Above that the tail stops being survivable.
Our track record3 resolved
Track recordBUILDING IN THE OPEN
16 logged
16 calls logged on this name, 3 resolved so far. Calls are logged the moment they are made, so the open ones are public before anyone knows how they turn out, and a hit-rate is not published until enough of them resolve.
3 resolved · 13 open
Calls on WTITHIS NAME
16
This name's own call count. Too few have resolved to publish a rate over them, so none is shown rather than a rate over 3.
0610-K disclosed linksOIL & GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
The wider context
5 mapped peers, 9 connections.
↳ Plain EnglishCompanies do not trade alone. This is the peer set, the supply chain that has to deliver, and the macro variables that move the stock regardless of company news.
Rate sensitivity
+237.7% per +1ppMEASURED
Measured against the 10-year yield: a one-point move in the yield has come with about a 237.7% move here, independent of company news.
Versus peersLatest session
Peer set · 5 names
SymbolRelationshipPriceSession
COPSupplier$131.83-1.02%
CNQPeer$49.64-1.94%
EOGPeer$144.23-0.85%
OXYPeer$58.84-0.76%
FANGPeer$192.42-2.30%
The mapped peer set and how each traded in the latest session. A peer moving with this name says the move is the sector's; one moving against it says the move is this company's.
Less commuting, shipping and factory activity means less fuel demand.
Typical for the Energy sector
On the day +0.1% · A week later +0.5% · Two weeks later +0.7% · Rose on 77 of 169 report days
Across the last 169 Initial jobless claims reports since Jun 8, 2023, WTI moved +0.1% on average on the day and was 0.7% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved 0.0% on those days.
Drillers earn more when energy prices rise with inflation.
Typical for the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry
On the day +0.3% · A week later -1.5% · Two weeks later +1.2% · Rose on 21 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Core PCE (the Fed's gauge) reports since Jun 28, 2023, WTI moved +0.3% on average on the day and was 1.2% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
Industrial productionUsually helps when factory output comes in stronger than expected
A busier economy burns more fuel.
Typical for the Energy sector
On the day -0.9% · A week later -0.4% · Two weeks later +1.0% · Rose on 16 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Industrial production reports since Jun 15, 2023, WTI moved -0.9% on average on the day and was 1.0% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.1% on those days.
PCE inflation is due in 11 days.
PCE inflationUsually helps when inflation runs hotter than expected
Drillers earn more when energy prices rise with inflation.
Typical for the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry
On the day +0.3% · A week later -1.5% · Two weeks later +1.2% · Rose on 21 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 PCE inflation reports since Jun 28, 2023, WTI moved +0.3% on average on the day and was 1.2% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
Drillers earn more when energy prices rise with inflation.
Typical for the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry
On the day +0.9% · A week later +0.1% · Two weeks later +0.7% · Rose on 21 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Producer prices (PPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, WTI moved +0.9% on average on the day and was 0.7% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Drillers earn more when energy prices rise with inflation.
Typical for the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry
On the day +1.0% · A week later +0.3% · Two weeks later +1.0% · Rose on 21 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Core inflation (core CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, WTI moved +1.0% on average on the day and was 1.0% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Inflation (CPI)Usually helps when inflation runs hotter than expected
Drillers earn more when energy prices rise with inflation.
Typical for the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry
On the day +1.0% · A week later +0.3% · Two weeks later +1.0% · Rose on 21 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Inflation (CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, WTI moved +1.0% on average on the day and was 1.0% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Job openings (JOLTS) is due in 10 days.
Job openings (JOLTS)Usually helps when job openings come in higher than expected
More people working means more commuting, shipping and power use.
Typical for the Energy sector
On the day -0.9% · A week later +1.4% · Two weeks later +1.1% · Rose on 11 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Job openings (JOLTS) reports since Jul 5, 2023, WTI moved -0.9% on average on the day and was 1.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved 0.0% on those days.
Customer momentumSep 18, 2026
Customer momentumTOP
+2.6%
The dependency-weighted trailing return of the customers this company discloses a revenue dependence on. Their tape leads its orders.
5 customers priced · 21-bar window
Lead-lag gapAHEAD OF CUSTOMERS
+1.1%
This company's own move less its customers' weighted move. A wide gap in either direction usually closes.
Disclosed customer dependencies
CustomerRevenue weightWindow returnLast filed
BP34.0%+5.9%2023-03-08 · stale
JPM14.0%-3.3%2018-03-02 · stale
CVX13.0%+4.4%2023-03-08 · stale
SHEL11.0%+4.1%2022-03-09 · stale
WMB11.0%-3.5%2023-03-08 · stale
Weights are as disclosed in the filings, so they describe the last reported period rather than today. Historical, point-in-time backtest of a cross-sectional screen (135 months, 2013-2026), gross of trading costs. The equal-weighted base effect is marginal (t 1.84); statistical significance relies on the dependency weighting (t 2.02). Validated on monthly rebalancing; served daily on the same 21-bar horizon. This is a research screen describing a group-level historical spread - not a forecast of any individual stock's return.
Connections9 links · 6 confirmed
Direct connections · 9 edges
CompanyRelationSessionProvenance
COP · Suppliersupplier-1.02%Confirmed · 10K
JPM · Suppliersupplier+0.10%Confirmed · 10K
SHEL · Suppliersupplier-1.34%Confirmed · 10K
BP · Suppliersupplier-1.85%Confirmed · 10K
WMB · Suppliersupplier+0.33%Confirmed · 10K
CVX · Suppliersupplier-0.97%Confirmed · 10K
CAT · Suppliersupplier+1.30%Rumored · manual
XOM · Customercustomer+0.17%Rumored · manual
EPD · Competitorcompetitor+1.14%Rumored · manual
6 of 9 edges are named in a filing; the rest come from reporting we have not matched to one yet, and are labelled as such.